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Snapshots of the Hydrolysis of the Lithium Alkoxide [Li{OC(CF 3 ) 3 }] 4
Author(s) -
Raabe Ines,
Wagner Katrin,
SantisoQuiñones Gustavo,
Krossing Ingo
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.354
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1521-3749
pISSN - 0044-2313
DOI - 10.1002/zaac.200801339
Subject(s) - alkoxide , chemistry , hydrolysis , lithium (medication) , solvent , molecule , solid state , inorganic chemistry , hydrogen bond , crystallography , organic chemistry , catalysis , medicine , endocrinology
Exposure of the tetrameric, heterocubane‐like perfluorinated lithium alkoxide [Li{OC(CF 3 ) 3 }] 4 to humid air gaverise to the hydrolysis products [{(CF 3 ) 3 CO}Li(H 2 O) 2 ‐ μ ‐(H 2 O)‐Li(H 2 O) 2 {OC(CF 3 ) 3 }], [{(CF 3 ) 3 CO}Li(H 2 O) 2 ‐ μ ‐(H 2 O)‐Li‐(H 2 O) 3 ] + [OC(CF 3 ) 3 ] – and [Li(H 2 O) 4 ] + [OC(CF 3 ) 3 ] – because of stepwise addition of water molecules in a gas‐solid reaction without solvent. All compounds were studied by X‐ray crystallography and their solid‐state structures are strongly influenced by hydrogen bonding and fluorophilic interactions.