Organozincates
The first ever organozinc ate complex (organozincate) was discovered in 1858 by James Alfred Wanklyn, an assistant to Frankland and concerned the reaction of elemental sodium with diethylzinc:
- 2Na + 3 Et2Zn -> 2Et3Zn-Na+ + Zn
In 2007 it was reported that by tweaking the reaction conditions the zincate proceeds to react to sodium hydridoethylzincate(II) (with hydrogen atoms as bridging ligands) as a result of beta-hydride elimination of one of the ethyl groups:
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