Effect of Electron-donor Solvents on the Reactivity of Lithium Alkyls

The causes of, and the relations governing, the acceleration of reactions involving lithium alkyls by electron-donor solvents are discussed. The kinetic effect is due to a change in the polarity of the C–Li bond in consequence of the formation of complexes (of the donor–acceptor type) of the lithium alkyl and the solvent and a change in the state of lithium alkyl in solution.
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