Neuartige Synthese und Molekülstruktur von Benzylkalium (thf) [KCH2C6H5]2 / Novel Synthesis and Molecular Structure of Benzyl Potassium (thf)[KCH2C6H5]2

Abstract

Abstract The reaction of potassium with hexamethyldi-stannane in a refluxing solvent mixture of toluene and tetrahydrofuran (ratio 10:1) yields the red tetrahydrofuran adduct of benzyl potassium (thf)[KCH2C6H5]2 due to the metalation of toluene by the potassium trimethylstannanide intermediate. The solid state structure of (thf)[KCH2C6H5]2 contains dimers with only one potassium coordinated to a tetrahydrofuran molecule. These dimers form a polymer through benzyl bridging with shortest K-C distances at 292 pm.