Boryllithium: Isolation, characterization, and reactivity as a boryl anion

Science

Volumn 314, Issue 5796, 2006, Pages 113-115

  Segawa, Yasutomo ^a   Yamashita, Makoto ^a   Nozaki, Kyoko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORYL ANIONS; BORYLLITHIUM; ELECTROPHILES; NUCLEOPHILIC;

CHEMICAL BONDS; ION SOURCES; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; NEGATIVE IONS; REACTION KINETICS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BORON COMPOUNDS;

1 CHLOROBUTANE; ANION; BENZALDEHYDE; BORON DERIVATIVE; BORYL ANION; BORYLLITHIUM; CARBENOID; ETHYLENE GLYCOL DIMETHYL ETHER; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; LITHIUM DERIVATIVE; LITHIUM NAPHTHALENIDE; N,N' BIS(2,6 DIISOPROPYLPHENYL) 2 BROMO 2,3 DIHYDRO 1H 1,3,2 DIAZABOROLE; SOLVENT; TRIFLUOROMETHANESULFONIC ACID; TRIFLUOROMETHANESULFONIC ACID METHYL ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANION; BORON; BROMINE COMPOUND; LITHIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYBRIDIZATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 33749592368     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1131914     Document Type: Article

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