New insights into the reaction of zinc alkyls with dioxygen.
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.
Lewiński
Janusz
J
Department of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology, Noakowskiego 3, 00-664 Warsaw, Poland. lewin@ch.pw.edu.pl
Marciniak
Wojciech
W
Lipkowski
Janusz
J
Justyniak
Iwona
I