title: Stoichiometrically-controlled reactivity and supramolecular storage of butylmagnesiate anions.
abstract: Toluene is metallated by DABCO-activated disodium tetrabutylmagnesiate, but not by DABCO-activated monosodium tributylmagnesiate; this distinction is rationalised by DFT calculations on model systems, and the crystal structure of the main non-metallated product, which shows interstitial MgBu4(2-) dianions within a polycationic network, is reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XL, Scotland, UK.
authors.forename: Prokopis C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Andrikopoulos
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Armstrong
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hevia
authors.forename: Alan R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Kennedy
authors.forename: Robert E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Mulvey
authors.forename: Charles T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: O'Hara