Stoichiometrically-controlled reactivity and supramolecular storage of butylmagnesiate anions

Prokopis C. Andrikopoulos, David R. Armstrong, Eva Hevia, Alan R. Kennedy, Robert E. Mulvey, Charles T. O'Hara

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Abstract

Toluene is metallated by DABCO-activated disodium tetrabutylmagnesiate, but not by DABCO-activated monosodium tributylmagnesiate; this distinction is rationalised by DFT calculations on model systems, and the crystal structure of the main non-metallated product, which shows interstitial MgBu42- dianions within a polycationic network, is reported.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1131-1133
Number of pages3
JournalChemical Communications (London)
Volume2005
Issue number9
Early online date18 Jan 2005
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2005

Keywords

  • magnesium
  • chemistry

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