This reaction has been studied with and without solvent and etherification is shown to be the first step; consideration of substituent effects, solvent effects, and the contrasting photolytic decomposition establish a heterolytic mechanism. The properties and decomposition of some related lithium aluminium alkoxides are described.
D. C. Ayres and M. R. Chambers, J. Chem. Soc. B, 1967, 1389 DOI: 10.1039/J29670001389
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