Structure and reactivity of lithium diisopropylamide solvated by polyamines: Evidence of monomer- and dimer-based dehydrohalogenations

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 120, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 4081-4086

  Remenar, Julius F ^a   Collum, David B ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIISOPROPYLAMINE; POLYAMINE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; HALOGENATION; SOLVATION;

EID: 0032490108     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja9741279     Document Type: Article

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42. n affords n = -0.74 ± 0.06. (See Figure 3.)