title: A donor-functionalized, silyl-substituted pentadienyllithium: structural insight from experiment and theory.
abstract: A donor-functionalized, silyl-substituted pentadienyllithium has been synthesized and characterized by crystallography and NMR spectroscopy. The pentadienyl negative charge was found to be partially localized, which DFT revealed to be due to the polarizing power of the lithium cation.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, UK M13 9PL.
authors.forename: Sophia A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Solomon
authors.forename: F Matthias
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Bickelhaupt
authors.forename: Richard A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Layfield
authors.forename: Mathias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nilsson
authors.forename: Jordi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Poater
authors.forename: Miquel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Solà