Keywords: Phenyllithium-chain-from-xtal-Mercury-3D-balls.png Ball-and-stick model of a PhLi <sub>n</sub> chain as found in the crystal structure of phenyllithium Colour code Carbon C grey Hydrogen H white Lithium Li lilac Structure determined by X-ray powder diffraction from http //dx doi org/10 1021/ja972816e J Am Chem Soc 1998 120 1430 “1433 PUDLUV Model manipulated and image generated in http //www ccdc cam ac uk/products/mercury/ CCDC Mercury 2 4 Own 2011-12-28 Ben Mills Benjah-bmm27 Images by Ben Mills Phenyllithium ImageNote 1 519 307 415 405 2000 1518 2 Li should bind to pi face of benzene ring not sigma to adjacent LiC2 lithium ImageNoteEnd 1 |