Carbanion or amide? first charge density study of parent 2-Picolyllithium

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 48, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 2978-2982

  Ott, Holger ^a   Pieper, Ursula ^a,b   Leusser, Dirk ^a   Flierler, Ulrike ^a   Henn, Julian ^a   Stalke, Dietmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONDING PROPERTY; C ATOMS; ELECTRON DENSITY DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROPHILES; ELECTROPHILIC ATTACK; ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIALS; ENAMIDES; METHYL GROUP; NEGATIVE CHARGE;

AMIDES; HYDROCARBONS;

ATOMS;

EID: 70349904381     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200806221     Document Type: Article

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