Arthur J. Ashe III,*it Lawrence L. Lohr,+lt and Samir M. AI-Taweel$ ... Department of Chemisw, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48 109- 1055, and Department of Natural Science, Mu'tah University, Mu'tah-Karak, Jordan Received December 28, 1990 ... The reaction of methyllithium in THF with 2,5-bis(trimethylstannyl)-1,5-hexadiene (6) affords 2,5- dilithio-1,5-hexadiene (2) via the intermediacy of lithium stannates. The similar reaction of ...