title: X-Ray Structure of a Heterochiral, Sulfoximine-Stabilized Dilithiomethane Derivative.
abstract: A distorted Li(6)O octahedron in the center and four geminal dilithiated sulfoximine units characterize a tetrameric aggregate of the chiral sulfoximine-stabilized dilithiomethane derivative 3, a previously unknown reaction intermediate in asymmetric dianion chemistry. A comparison with the crystal structure of the monolithiated parent 2, formed by the treatment of 1 with nBuLi, allows a rationalization of the second lithiation.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Anorganische Chemie der Universität, Spitalstrasse 51, CH-4056 Basel (Switzerland).
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Neuburger
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Spingler