Revealing the remarkable structural diversity of the alkali metal transfer agents of the trans-calix[2]benzene[2]pyrrolide ligand

Abstract

Excellent reagents for transferring their heterocalix[4]arene ligand to f-block organometallic complexes, lithium, sodium and potassium trans-calix[2]benzene[2]pyrrolides have been found to adopt a fascinating series of structures in their own right.