[P,P-Di-tert-butyl-N-trimethylsilyl-P-(trimethylsilylamino)phosphine imidato-kappa2N,N']bis(pyridine-kappaN)lithium(I).
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.
Schultz
Madeleine
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Organisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 270, Germany.
Straub
Bernd F
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Hofmann
Peter
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