Solvent-resistant structures of base-free lithium and potassium allyl complexes, M[(SiMe3)nC3H5-n] (M = Li, n = 3; M = K, n = 2)

Main Group Chemistry

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 225-235

  Gren, Cameron K ^a   Hanusa, Timothy P ^a   Rheingold, Arnold L ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allyl; Bulky ligands; Crystal structure; Lithium; Potassium; Trimethylsilyl group

Indexed keywords

EID: 75349087903     PISSN: 10241221     EISSN: 17451167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10241220903065235     Document Type: Article

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