From the alkyllithium aggregate [{(nBuLi)2·PMDTA} 2] to lithiated PMDTA

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 46, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 4566-4569

  Strohmann, Carsten ^a   Gessner, Viktoria H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Alkyllithium compounds; Butyllithium; Lithiation; N ligands

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; AMINES; DEPROTONATION; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

ALKYLLITHIUM COMPOUNDS; BUTYLLITHIUM; DEPROTONATION AGENTS; LITHIATION;

LITHIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 34250743188     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200605105     Document Type: Article

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