title: The first asymmetric organolithium tetramers with simple ether donor bases.
abstract: The donor-free trimethylsilylmethyllithium [LiCH(2)SiMe(3)](6) hexameric aggregate is for the first time broken up by simple ether donors such as diethyl ether (Et(2)O) and tert-butylmethyl ether ((t)BuOMe) to give the unprecedented asymmetric tetramers while the chelating dimethoxyethane (DME) gives the expected dimer.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Anorganische Chemie der Universität Göttingen, Tammannstrasse 4, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Tanja
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tatic
authors.forename: Kathrin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Meindl
authors.forename: Julian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Henn
authors.forename: Sushil Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Pandey
authors.forename: Dietmar
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stalke