화학공학소재연구정보센터
Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.135, No.33, 12400-12406, 2013
Characterization of Cyclopentyllithium and Cyclopentyllithium Tetrahydrofuran Complex
The solid-state structures of unsolvated, hexameric cyclopentyllithium and tetrameric cydopentyllithium tetrahydrofuran solvate were determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Cyclopentyllithium easily crystallized in hydrocarbon solvents. Solution-state structural analyses of cyclopentyllithium and cyclopentyllithium-tetrahydrofuran complexes in toluene-d(8) were also carried out by diffusion-ordered NMR spectroscopy with diffusion coefficient-formula weight correlation analyses and other one- and two-dimensional NMR techniques. The solution-state studies suggest that unsolvated cyclopentyllithium exists as hexamer and tetramer equilibrating with each other. Upon solvation with tetrahydrofuran, cyclopentyllithium exists mostly as a tetrahydrofuran tetrasolvated tetramer.