title: Dizincation and dimagnesiation of benzene using alkali-metal-mediated metallation.
abstract: Benzene can be easily 1,4-dideprotonated stoichiometrically on reaction with two equivalents of a synergic mixture of tBu2Zn, NaTMP and TMEDA to give a unique 1,4-dizincated benzene product which has been characterised by X-ray crystallography and NMR spectroscopy as well as modelled theoretically by DFT computational studies; a related synergic dimagnesiation of benzene is also reported.
authors.affiliation: WestCHEM, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, UK G1 1XL.
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Armstrong
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Clegg
authors.forename: Sophie H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Dale
authors.forename: David V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Graham
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hevia
authors.forename: Lorna M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Hogg
authors.forename: Gordon W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Honeyman
authors.forename: Alan R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Kennedy
authors.forename: Robert E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Mulvey