Structural diversity of polynuclear Mg x O y cores in magnesium phenoxide complexes

The binuclear complex bis(2,6-di- tert -butyl-4-methylphenolato)-1κ O ,2κ O -(1,2-dimethoxyethane-1κ 2 O , O ′)bis(μ-phenylmethanolato-1:2κ 2 O : O )(tetrahydrofuran-2κ O )dimagnesium(II), [Mg 2 (C 7 H 7 O) 2 (C 15 H 23 O) 2 (C 4 H 8 O)(C 4 H 10 O 2 )] or [(BHT)(DME)Mg(μ-OBn) 2 Mg(THF)(BHT)], (I)…