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Lithium-Coordinated α-Sulfonyl Carbanions: Synthesis and X-Ray Structure Determination of [{CH₂(SO₂C₆H₅)}Li(tmeda)]₂^†

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Priv.-Doz. Dr. Hans-Joachim Gais

Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie der Technischen Hochschule, Petersenstrasse 22, D-6100 Darmstadt (FRG)

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Prof. Dr. Hans Jörg Lindner,

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Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie der Technischen Hochschule, Petersenstrasse 22, D-6100 Darmstadt (FRG)

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Dipl.-Ing. Jürgen Vollhardt,

Dipl.-Ing. Jürgen Vollhardt

Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie der Technischen Hochschule, Petersenstrasse 22, D-6100 Darmstadt (FRG)

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Priv.-Doz. Dr. Hans-Joachim Gais,

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Priv.-Doz. Dr. Hans-Joachim Gais

Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie der Technischen Hochschule, Petersenstrasse 22, D-6100 Darmstadt (FRG)

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Prof. Dr. Hans Jörg Lindner,

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Prof. Dr. Hans Jörg Lindner

Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie der Technischen Hochschule, Petersenstrasse 22, D-6100 Darmstadt (FRG)

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Dipl.-Ing. Jürgen Vollhardt,

Dipl.-Ing. Jürgen Vollhardt

Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie der Technischen Hochschule, Petersenstrasse 22, D-6100 Darmstadt (FRG)

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First published: October 1985

https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.198508591

Citations: 51

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This work was supported by the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie.

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In order to finally resolve the controversy over the structure of α-lithiated sulfones and α-sulfonyl carbanions, MeSO₂Ph was lithiated in TMEDA and the product, the title compound, was studied by X-ray analysis. It is a dimer in which the Li, S, and O atoms form a flat eight-membered ring. The nearly planar CH₂S group lies outside the coordination sphere of Li.

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