This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 20472001), the program for NCET (NCET-04-590), and the Excellent Young Scholars foundation of Anhui Province (04046079) and a grant from Anhui Education Department (2005hbz06)
The title compound {η^5:η^1-[(2-MeOC6H4)C3H6]CgH6}Li(DME) (DME=1,2-dimethoxy-ethylene) was synthesized by the treatment of 3-[(2-methoxyphenyl)-isopropyl]-indene with 1 equiv, of n-BuLi followed by the recr...