Lithium, sodium and potassium enolate aggregates and monomers: syntheses and structures

• DOI: 10.1039/d4dt00211c
• Publication Date: 2024-02-12T11:20:45Z
• Authors: Nathan Davison; Jack M. Hemingway; Paul G. Waddell; Erli Lu
• Keywords: 01 natural sciences; 0104 chemical sciences

Group-1 metal enolates are key intermediates in a number of reactions. Here, we report a series of Li, Na and K enolates as hexamers, tetramer and monomers, figuring out how their structures are influenced by the aggregate size and metal identity.