title: Lithium phenolates with a hexagonal-prismatic Li6O6 core isolated via a cage-shaped tripodal ligands system: crystal structures and their behavior in solution.
abstract: Stable hexanuclear lithium phenolate bearing a cage-shaped tripodal ligand was isolated, which had a hexagonal-prismatic Li(6)O(6) core at room temperature, because of the hard mobility of the ligand and its reduction of the problematic steric repulsion. The properties of the lithium phenolates were analyzed by X-ray crystallography and NMR spectroscopy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
authors.forename: Hideto
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yasuda
authors.forename: Akio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baba