Reactions of alkali metal macrocyclic complexes XIX. Reaction of potassium or sodium complexes with oxetane - novel route to organometallic compounds

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-328X(92)80149-R

Novel reactions of oxetane with K^-/K⁺ and Na^-/K⁺ complexes in which potassium cation is complexed by 18-crown-6 have been studied.Organometallic alkoxides formed by cleavage of an alkyl-oxygen bond in the oxetane molecule were used for one pot metallation of anisole and triphenylmethane.The reaction with carbon dioxide was also investigated.Reaction mechanisms have been studied by NMR, GLC-MS, IR techniques and chemical analysis.