title: Bicyclic guanidinate compounds of magnesium and their activity as pre-catalysts in the Tishchenko reaction.
abstract: A synthetic route to magnesium guanidinate compounds that avoids ligand redistribution is reported; selected derivatives are active pre-catalysts in the dimerization of aldehydes.
authors: Department of Chemistry, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QJ, UK.
authors: Benjamin M
authors: BM
authors: Day
authors: Natalie E
authors: NE
authors: Mansfield
authors: Martyn P
authors: MP
authors: Coles
authors: Peter B
authors: PB
authors: Hitchcock