The inverse podant [Li3(NBut)3S)]+ stabilises a single ethylene oxide OCH=CH2 anion as a high- and low-temperature polymorph of [(thf)3Li3(OCH=CH2)(NBut)3S)]

B Walfort; S K Pandey; D Stalke

doi:10.1039/b105429p

The inverse podant [Li3(NBut)3S)]+ stabilises a single ethylene oxide OCH=CH2 anion as a high- and low-temperature polymorph of [(thf)3Li3(OCH=CH2)(NBut)3S)]

Chem Commun (Camb). 2001 Sep 7:(17):1640-1. doi: 10.1039/b105429p.

Authors

B Walfort¹, S K Pandey, D Stalke

Affiliation

¹ Institut für Anorganische Chemie der Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany.

PMID: 12240421
DOI: 10.1039/b105429p

Abstract

A single ethylene oxide anion derived from the ether cleavage reaction of thf with ButLi is stabilised by the inverse podant [Li3(NBut)3S)]+ to give a high- and a low-temperature polymorph with a considerable difference in conformation and packing.