title: New insights into the reaction of zinc alkyls with dioxygen.
abstract: Studies on the reaction of zinc alkyls with O2 are reported which demonstrate that the selective oxygenation of organozinc compound is viable. The reaction of [EtZn(azol)]n (azol = deprotonated 1-aziridineethanol) with an excess of dry O2 in toluene affords the zinc ethylperoxide [EtOOZn(azol)]2[EtZn(azol)]2, while the analogous reaction between Me2Zn and O2 results in the isolation of the Me6Zn7(OMe)8 cluster in high yield.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology, Noakowskiego 3, 00-664 Warsaw, Poland. lewin@ch.pw.edu.pl
authors.forename: Janusz
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lewiński
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Marciniak
authors.forename: Janusz
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lipkowski
authors.forename: Iwona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Justyniak