Isostructural potassium and sodium di-nitrogen functionalized amides: Syntheses and crystal structures of [Ph(2-Pyr)NK·TMEDA]2 and [Me(2-Pyr)NNa·TMEDA]2

Philip C. Andrews, Daniel R. Baker, Robert E. Mulvey, William Clegg, Paul A. O'Neil

Research output: Contribution to journalArticleResearchpeer-review

24 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Two alkali metal amide complexes, [Ph(2-Pyr)NK·TMEDA]2 and [Me(2-Pyr)NNa·TMEDA]2, synthesized from 1:1:1 mixtures of PhM (M = K or Na), the appropriate secondary amine and the Lewis base TMEDA, have been structurally identified by X-ray diffraction and shown to adopt analogous dimeric structures based on planar (NM)2 rings with additional "internal"- and "external"-donor N·M links that render the metal cations six-coordinate.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1839-1841
Number of pages3
JournalPolyhedron
Volume10
Issue number15
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 1991
Externally publishedYes

Cite this