Abstract
Two novel rare earth compounds have been synthesized using the previously reported (S)-MonoThioBINOL [(S)-H2-MTB], (S)-2-hydroxy-2′-mercapto-1,1′-binaphthyl). We have shown here that while the H-bonded complex containing TMG-H+ (tetramethyl guanidium cation) maintains the structure that the analogous BINOLate complex adopts, the complex with lithium cations in the secondary coordination sphere crystallizes as an ‘–ate’ complex with an outer sphere lithium counter cation solvated by DME.
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