A chiral butyllithium reagent: Monomeric [tBuLi⋅(−)-sparteine] crystallizes from a solution in n-pentane on cooling. At the lithium center of the compound a formally free coordination site with a chiral environment is formed through angular distortion of the tert-butyl group (see structure).
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