Crystal Structure of [α‐Nitrobenzyllithium · Ethanol]_n; A Lithium Nitronate‐Ethanol Interaction

Abstract

The title compound 2 is a lithium nitronate which crystallizes out with ethanol . Ethanol crystallizes during the preparation of 2 from 1 and lithium ethoxide outlined below, but is also present as solvent. Remarkable features of crystalline 2 are, in particular, the bonding of Li ⊕ to nitronate and ethanol O‐atoms and the OH ⃛O bridges from ethanol to a nitronate O‐atom. equation image