Michael A. Beswick, Yvonne G. Lawson, Paul R. Raithby, Jody A. Wood and Dominic S. Wright
The lithium primary arsenide [PhAsHli·2thf]∞, obtained by reaction of nBuLi with PhAsH2 in toluene-thf, crystal-lises in the form of helical polymers; the structure of the right-hand enantiomorph has been obtained.