“…Compound (1) has a roughly planar central core of two lithium (three-co-ordinate) and two oxygen atoms, The structure differs from the previously reported compound, [ {Li(OC6H,Me-4,But,-2,6)(OEt,) >2],s in that the ligated thf oxygen atoms and the CBut3 groups deviate from the central core plane on opposite sides. The Li-0 distances in (1) are quite short, 1.835( lo), 1.852 (9), 1.846(1 l), and 1.830(12) A, similar to the values of 1.849 (11) and 1.867 (10) 8, in the aryloxo compound above.6…”