Lithium cation properties

As far as investigated77, most reactions of the allyllithium-sparteine complexes with electrophiles proceed antarafacially, either as SE2 or anti-SE2 reactions. As a working hypothesis it is assumed that the bulky ligand obliterates the Lewis acid properties of the lithium cation. 

SEI formation control is the key to good performance and the safety of the whole lithium ion battery, as not only anode operation but also cathode properties are strongly affected by the SEI formation process (the cathode is the lithium cation source of lithium ion cells). Apart from control of the graphite (surface) properties, an appropriate composition of the electrolyte is usually helpful for creation of an effective SEI. 

The 1 1 and 2 1 complexes of chiral bis(5H-pyrroles) and bis(oxazolines) with the lithium cation were studied by means of DFT methods (B3LYP/6-31G and B3LYP/6-311+G ) also, the energetic, geometric, electronic, and orbital properties of the complexes were analyzed. To perform such a study, we have calculated first the isolated molecules and the 1 1 complexes [33]. 

During a synthesis of the Chlorothricolide, Roush and Sciotti encountered unexpected problems with the hydrolysis of the dimethyl acetal 54.1 [Scheme 2.54].112 Use of some of the standard hydrolysis conditions (oxalic acid, PPTS, PTSA, HO Ac, or trifluoroacetic acid — all in acetone) resulted in recovery of 54.1 or decomposition. Success was achieved by exploiting the mild Lewis acidic properties of the lithium cation under conditions first reported by Lipshutz and Harvey.113 Thus treatment of the dimethyl acetal 54,1 with lithium tetrafluoroborate in acetonitrile containing 2% water returned the desired aldehyde 54J in 97% yield after 2 h at room temperature. The reaction was also applied to the deprotection of a cyclic ketal in a synthesis of Pumi-liotoxin.114 115... 

Pistoia investigated the electroinitiated polymerisation of styrene in propylene carbonate-lithium perchlorate solutions at 25°C. Mechanistic evidence was obtained for the formation of perchloric acid at the anode and the cationic nature of the process thus proved. The kinetic analysis yielded a kp value of 0.5 M sec . Although no comparisons can be made between this result and previous ones in other solvents, the presence of lithium perchlorate was here a source of homocorgugation for the acid produced and thus the cause of considerable deactivation of its initiating power. As in previous cases, this was not recognised by the author. A simflar study by Pistoia and Scro-sati in dimethylsulphate gave an insoluble polymer at the anode and the nature or the initiator was not elucidated, but it did not seem to be perchloric acid. The cationic properties of this process was however proved... 

We present how to treat the polarization effect on the static and dynamic properties in molten lithium iodide (Lil). Iodide anion has the biggest polarizability among all the halogen anions and lithium cation has the smallest polarizability among all the alkaline metal cations. The mass ratio of I to Li is 18.3 and the ion size ratio is 3.6, so we expect the most drastic characteristic motion of ions is observed. The softness of the iodide ion was examined by modifying the repulsive term in the Born-Mayer-Huggins type potential function in the previous workL In the present work we consider the polarizability of iodide ion with the dipole rod method in which the dipole rod is put at the center of mass and we solve the Euler-Lagrange equation. This method is one type of Car-Parrinello method. 

Of the results obtained over the past few years, those for hexamethylphosphotriamide are most interesting. For lithium salt solutions the shape of anodic curves conforms to oxidation of particles of only one type. This is in accord with the results of the studies on the state of solvated electrons in these systems. Indeed, as shown in Section 4, in the presence of a lithium salt the electrons exist exclusively as monoelectrons e part of these electrons, when the salt is in excess, can be bound into noncontact ion pairs with lithium cations. The electrons in these pairs differ only slightly in their properties from non-associated electrons. And this yields a singlewave anodic curve. 

Tamm, K., Fara, D.C., Katritzky, A.R., Burk, P. and Karelson, M. (2004) A quantitative structure-property relationship study of lithium cation basicities. /. Phys. Chem. A, 108, 4812-4818. 

While discussing the obtained slope values it should be noted that the theoretical slope value calculated according the Le Chatelier-Shreder equation (3.7.19) considered above is approximately equal to 7300. This value is practically coincident with the slope in equation (3.7.55), whereas the slope in equation (3.7.56) deviates from the theoretical one by less than 20%. This seems to be explained by the fact that the chemical properties of magnesium (and Mg2+ ion) resemble those of lithium rather than the properties of the other alkaline-earth metals (it is the so-called diagonal periodicity). Therefore, the properties of MgO and Li20 in the molten KCl-LiCl eutectic are close to ideal, and the Le Chatelier-Shreder equation is correct just for such solutions. At the same time, the chemical properties of magnesium and lithium cations differ essentially from those of Na, K and Cs. 

Anhydrous lithium salts are soluble in organic solutions which can be considered to be air-stable catalysts. The most common is lithium perchlorate which is generally used in solution in diethyl ether (LPDE) [9], nitromethane [15], and dichloro-methane [16]. Its catalytic role comes from the properties of the lithium cation [17] which gives rise to specific solute-Liinteractions modulated by complexation to appropriate solvents and counterions [18]. A recent proposal denies lithium catalysis and emphasizes electrostatic stabilization of the transition state by LPDE... 

The ratios are listed in the last two columns of Table 5.10.3. Inspection shows that the conductance ratio of the triple ions is always closer to 1.0 than is that of the single ions. This is just what would be expected, for solvation of both lithium cation and halide anion by the same lithium halide ion-pair should make the conductances of the new species more equal. Further than this we cannot at present go, since there are insufficient data available to enable the D-H-O terms to be estimated. Accurate measurements of several properties over a wide concentration range are needed before we can hope to understand better the nature of these most interesting solutions. 

For example, a solid polymer electrolyte is a solution of a lithium salt in a PEO matrix the ionic conductivity of such material is due to the mobility of lithium cations and their anions in an electric field. The objective of the electrolyte system is to provide mechanical integrity and ion-conducting properties. PEO is a semicrystalline polymer at room temperature and has an exceptional property to dissolve with high concentration of a wide variety of dopants. 

In complexes 1-4 the lithium cation is ri -bonded to the pyrrolyl anions at the porphyrinogen periphery. The binding ability of the porphyrinogen periphery thus allows such complexes to display bifijiictional properties, the acidic center being the transition metal ion. Such a bifunctional peculiarity will be relevant in porphyrinogen based organometallic chemistry. ... 

Self-doped polyanilines are advantageous due to properties such as solubility, pH independence, redox activity and conductivity. These properties make them more promising in various applications such as energy conversion devices, sensors, electrochromic devices, etc. (see Chapter 1, section 1.6). Several studies have focused on the preparation of self-doped polyaniline nanostructures (i.e., nanoparticles, nanofibers, nanofilms, nanocomposites, etc.) and their applications. Buttry and Tor-resi et al. [51, 244, 245] prepared the nanocomposites from self-doped polyaniline, poly(N-propane sulfonic acid, aniline) and V2O5 for Li secondary battery cathodes. The self-doped polyaniline was used instead of conventional polyaniline to minimize the anion participation in the charge-discharge process and maximize the transport number of Li". In lithium batteries, it is desirable that only lithium cations intercalate into the cathode, because this leads to the use of small amounts of electrolyte... 

Molecular dynamics simulations were used to study a number of electrolytes with potential interest to lithium battery applications EC DMC/LiPFe[35], EC/LiTFSI [36, 37], DMC/LiTFSI [38], GBL/LiTFSI [38], oligoethers/Li salts [39 1], acet-amide/LiTFSI [42], EC/LiBF4 [43], PC/LiBF4 [43, 44], PC/LiPFg [44], DMC/ LiBF4 [43], oligoethers/LiPFs [45 7], and PC/LiTFSI [37]. The lithium cation coordination by solvent molecules, cation-anion aggregation, and transport properties were derived from MD simulations. It is important to pay attention to the reported simulation time because some of the earlier simulations by Li et al. [48]... 

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