The first structurally characterised early main-group metal diazallyl complex; Synthesis and crystal structure of LiCPh(NPh)2·NMe[(CH2)2NMe 2]2

Ian Cragg-Hine, Matthew G. Davidson, Francis S. Mair, Paul R. Raithby, Ronald Snaith

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Abstract

n-Butyllithium reacts with a solution of PhNC(Ph)NHPh (N,N′-diphenylbenzamidine) and NMe[(CH2)2NMe2]2 (pmdeta) to give the complex LiCPh(NPh)2·pmdeta, which is monomeric in the solid state with a five-co-ordinate litium cation bound to a tridentate pmdeta ligand and a bidentate amidinide anion (diazaallyl system, chelating), in which the two N-C bond lengths of 1.336(4) and 1.335(4) Å suggest almost uniform delocalisation along the N-...C-...N unit.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2423-2424
Number of pages2
JournalJournal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions
Issue number15
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1993

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry

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