Structurally engineered deprotonation/alumination of THF and THTP with retention of their cycloanionic structures

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 49, Issue 49, 2010, Pages 9388-9391

  Crosbie, Elaine ^a   García Álvarez, Pablo ^a   Kennedy, Alan R ^a   Klett, Jan ^a   Mulvey, Robert E ^a   Robertson, Stuart D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

deprotonation; ether cleavage; lithium; organoaluminates; thiophenes

Indexed keywords

METAL CENTERS; ORGANOALUMINATES;

ETHERS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; THIOPHENE;

LITHIUM;

ALUMINUM; ANION; FURAN DERIVATIVE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; PROTON; TETRAHYDROFURAN; TETRAHYDROTHIOPHENE; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION; SYNTHESIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ALUMINUM; ANIONS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYCLIZATION; FURANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PROTONS; THIOPHENES;

EID: 78650154211     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201005119     Document Type: Article

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