Am. Schoevaars et al., SYNTHESIS AND H-1-NMR COMPLEXATION STUDIES OF ALKALIMETAL BITHIOXANTHYLIDENE CROWN-ETHER COMPLEXES, Tetrahedron letters, 35(52), 1994, pp. 9745-9748
Two synthetic routes to a novel class of sterically overcrowded alkene
s, bithioxanthylidene crown ethers 1, are described. The H-1 spin-latt
ice relaxation times (T-1) of the crown ethers as well as those of the
corresponding complexes with Li+, Na+, K+, Rb+ and Cs+ in CDCl3, were
measured and the results were interpreted in terms of complexation af
finities.