Pivaloylmetals (tBu??COM: M= Li, MgX, K) as Equilibrium Components

R Knorr, G Böhrer, B Schubert…

Index: Knorr; Boehrer; Schubert Chemistry - A European Journal, 2012 , vol. 18, # 24 p. 7506 - 7515

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Abstract

Abstract Short-lived pivaloylmetals,(H 3 C) 3 C-COM, were established as the reactive intermediates arising through thermal heterolytic expulsion of O= CtBu 2 from the overcrowded metal alkoxides tBuC (= O)-C (-OM) tBu 2 (M= MgX, Li, K). In all three cases,