A monomeric organolithium compound containing a free pyramidal carbanion in solution and in the solid state

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 43, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 2521-2524

  Breher, Frank ^a   Grunenberg, Jörg ^b   Lawrence, Sally C ^c   Mountford, Philip ^c   Rüegger, Heinz ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cage compounds; Carbanions; Lithium; N ligands; Zwitterions

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; LITHIUM; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

CARBANIONIC CENTER; DELOCALIZATION; INTRAMOLECULAR CHELATION;

ORGANOMETALLICS;

CARBON; MONOMER; ORGANOLITHIUM COMPOUND;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRONICS; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; PROTON TRANSPORT; SOLID STATE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 4544365717     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200353308     Document Type: Article

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