title: Metalated nitriles: N- and C-coordination preferences of Li, Mg, and Cu cations.
abstract: (13)C NMR analyses of a series of metalated arylacetonitriles and cyclohexanecarbonitriles with the synthetically relevant metals Li, Mg, and Cu identifies the influence of the carbon scaffold and the nature of the metal on the preference for N- or C-metalation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, 15282-1530, USA.
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Purzycki
authors.forename: Wang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Göran
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hilmersson
authors.forename: Fraser F
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Fleming