Intra-annular reactions of the (1,3-xylylene)-18-crown-5 system: synthesis and crystal structure of -18-crown-5, -18-crown-5 and bismercury

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-328X(93)83392-9

The Grignard compound <2-(bromomagnesio)-1,3-xylylene>-18-crown-5 (4) was prepared from the aryllithium compound (2-lithio-1,3-xylylene)-18-crown-5 (9) and magnesium bromide.The crystal structure of 4 shows that it crystallizes without solvent and is coor