Michael S. Hill

Dialkyl Ethers and Sacrificial Zinc: Oxide Synthons for Calcium tert ‐Butoxide Formation

ABSTRACT The calcium hydride, [(BDI)CaH] 2 (BDI = HC{C(Me)NDipp} 2 , where Dipp = 2,6‐ i‐ Pr 2 C 6 H 3 ), reacts with Zn t ‐Bu 2 to form the monomeric and toluene‐stabilised calcium dialkyl(hydrido)zincate, [(BDI)Ca‐μ‐H‐Zn( t ‐Bu) 2 (η 6 ‐C 7 H 8 )]. When treated with dialkyl eth...