title: [P,P-Di-tert-butyl-N-trimethylsilyl-P-(trimethylsilylamino)phosphine imidato-kappa2N,N']bis(pyridine-kappaN)lithium(I).
abstract: In the title compound, [Li(C(14)H(36)N(2)PSi(2))(C(5)H(5)N)(2)], the bulky chelating monoanionic P,P-di-tert-butyl-N-trimethylsilyl-P-(trimethylsilylamino)phosphine imidate ligand and two pyridine ligands bind to Li in a pseudo-tetrahedral arrangement with twofold symmetry. The Li-N(phosphine) distance is 2.048 (5) A, while the Li.P distance is 2.520 (6) A.
authors.affiliation: Organisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 270, Germany.
authors.forename: Madeleine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schultz
authors.forename: Bernd F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Straub
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hofmann