A multidentate phosphinoalkoxide ligand as a building block in mixed polylithium aggregates
Abstract
The tris(dimethylphosphinomethyl)-substituted lithium alkoxide [LiOC(CH2PMe2)3] acts as a building block in mixed polylithium aggregates, effectively capping triangular Li3 polyhedral faces; it further reacts with lithium organyls to yield the Y-conjugated, symmetrically tris(dimethylphosphino)-substituted trimethylenemethane dianion.