Coordination chemistry of lithium ion: A crystal and molecular structure review

Journal Article · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1991 · Chemical Reviews; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/cr00002a003· OSTI ID:6841107

Olsher, U ^[1]; Izatt, R M; Bradshaw, J S; Dalley, N K ^[2]

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1. Weizmann Inst. of Science, Rehovot (Israel). Dept. of Chemical Services
2. Brigham Young Univ., Provo, UT (United States). Dept. of Chemistry

There has been much recent interest in lithium and lithium ionophores. This growing interest in lithium is mainly due to the actual and potential applications of Li[sup +] in science, medicine, and technology. In the present review article, a tabulation is given, based on X-ray crystallographic data, of the bond lengths, geometry, coordination numbers, and solvent of crystallization of Li[sup +] complexes. The data included in the review extend from the earliest publications through February 1990. The authors have attempted in the text to draw the reader's attention to the various parameters involved in lithium-ligand interaction such as ligand coordination sites, ligand conformation changes, stereochemical arrangement of ligand binding sites, counterion effects, and solvent effects. In addition, discussion is included of lithium selective ionophores and of the involvement of Li[sup +] in biological cycles. Appropriate examples taken from the tables of data are used to illustrate the text. The compounds included in the review are listed by formula and abbreviation in Charts 1--18. The approach the authors chose for this review is a structural one, centered on the examination of the three-dimensional crystal structures of lithium salts and complexes. The basic assumption is that the structures of these lithium complexes in the solid state resemble their structures in solution, and that similar structure-selectivity relationships exist, at least to some extent, in both media. 190 refs.

• DOE Contract Number: FG02-86ER13463
• OSTI ID: 6841107
• Journal Information: Chemical Reviews; (United States), Journal Name: Chemical Reviews; (United States) Vol. 91:2; ISSN CHREAY; ISSN 0009-2665
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
400201* -- Chemical & Physicochemical Properties
ALCOHOLS
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
CHEMICAL BONDS
COHERENT SCATTERING
COMPILED DATA
COMPLEXES
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE
DATA
DIFFRACTION
DOCUMENT TYPES
ETHERS
HYDRATES
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
INFORMATION
KETONES
LITHIUM COMPLEXES
LITHIUM COMPOUNDS
MOLECULAR STRUCTURE
NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHOSPHATES
PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS
REVIEWS
SCATTERING
X-RAY DIFFRACTION