title: Ligand exchange reaction between an alkylzinc primary amide and a dialkylmagnesium compound: crystal structures of [(thf)MeMg-mu-N(H)SiiPr3]2 and (tmeda)Mg[N(H)SiiPr3]2.
abstract: The reaction of alkylzinc triisopropylsilylamide with dialkylmagnesium leads to a ligand exchange. Besides the starting materials, heteroleptic alkylmagnesium triisopropylsilylamide and homoleptic magnesium bis(triisopropylsilylamide) are detected by NMR spectroscopy. After the addition of 1,2-bis(dimethylamino)ethane (TMEDA) to the reaction mixture, (tmeda)Mg[N(H)SiiPr3]2 (1) precipitates as colorless cuboids (C24H60MgN4Si2, a = 2269.6(2), b = 1029.58(5), c = 1593.2(1) pm, beta = 120.826(8) degrees , monoclinic, C2/c, Z = 4). The amide nitrogen atoms are coordinated planarily with strongly widened Mg-N-Si bond angles of 139.2(1) degrees . The metalation of triisopropylsilylamine with dimethylmagnesium in THF yields quantitatively heteroleptic [(thf)MeMg-N(H)SiiPr3]2 (2) which crystallizes as colorless needles (C28H66Mg2N2O2Si2, a = 1982.4(2), b = 2034.1(1), c = 907.22(6) pm, beta = 95.021(9), monoclinic, P2(1)/n, Z = 4). Because of the bridging position of the triisopropylsilylamide anion, the tetracoordinate nitrogen atoms show rather long Mg-N bond lengths of 210.7 pm (average value).
authors.affiliation: Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, August-Bebel-Str. 2, D-07743 Jena, Germany. m.we@uni-jena.de
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Westerhausen
authors.forename: Tobias
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bollwein
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Makropoulos
authors.forename: Holger
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Piotrowski