Structure of n-butyllithium in mixtures of ethers and diamines: Influence of mixed solvation on 1,2-additions to imines

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 128, Issue 29, 2006, Pages 9355-9360

  Qu, Bo ^a   Collum, David B ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; AMINES; DIMERS; ETHERS; MIXTURES; REACTION KINETICS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

DIAMINE/DIALKYL ETHER MIXTURES; LIGAND EXCHANGE; STRUCTURAL ASSIGNMENTS; TRANSITION STRUCTURES;

LITHIUM COMPOUNDS;

CYCLOHEXANEDIAMINE; ETHYLENEDIAMINE DERIVATIVE; IMINE; LIGAND; LITHIUM; LITHIUM DERIVATIVE; N BUTYLLITHIUM; N,N,N',N' TETRAMETHYLCYCLOHEXANEDIAMINE; N,N,N',N' TETRAMETHYLETHYLENEDIAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADDITION REACTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; DIMERIZATION; DRUG MIXTURE; DRUG STRUCTURE; SOLVATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33746369174     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja0609654     Document Type: Article

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