TY - JOUR
T1 - The first lithiated organic compound containing water as a ligand
T2 - Synthesis and crystal structure of 2- mercaptobenzoxazolyl(tetramethylethylenediamine)lithium monohydrate, C 6H4OC(...S)...NLi(tmeda)H2O, a model acid-base intermediate
AU - Barr, Donald
AU - Raithby, Paul R.
AU - Schleyer, Paul Von Ragué
AU - Snaith, Ronald
AU - Wright, Dominic S.
PY - 1990/12/31
Y1 - 1990/12/31
N2 - Lithiation of 2-mercaptobenzoxazole, C6H4OC(SH)=N, in the presence of tmeda [Me2N(CH2)2NMe 2] and H2O produces the monomeric title complex, C 6H4OC(...S)...NLi(tmeda)H2O (1), the first lithiated organic compound containing water as a ligand; this complex exhibits strong hydrogen bonding between one proton of the co-ordinated H2O and the Sδ- centre of the organic anion, and so provides the first structural model for the well known hydrolytic sensitivity of organolithium compounds in general.
AB - Lithiation of 2-mercaptobenzoxazole, C6H4OC(SH)=N, in the presence of tmeda [Me2N(CH2)2NMe 2] and H2O produces the monomeric title complex, C 6H4OC(...S)...NLi(tmeda)H2O (1), the first lithiated organic compound containing water as a ligand; this complex exhibits strong hydrogen bonding between one proton of the co-ordinated H2O and the Sδ- centre of the organic anion, and so provides the first structural model for the well known hydrolytic sensitivity of organolithium compounds in general.
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U2 - 10.1039/C39900000643
DO - 10.1039/C39900000643
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:37049087949
SN - 0022-4936
SP - 643
EP - 645
JO - Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
JF - Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
IS - 8
ER -