title: Inverse aggregation behavior of alkali-metal triazenides.
abstract: Higher aggregated alkali-metal compounds are usually obtained with increasing radius of the metal. Alkali-metal salts derived from the sterically crowded triazenido ligand Tph2N3H [Tph = C6H3-2,6-(C6H2-2,4,6-iPr3)2] do not obey this principle. Interestingly, these compounds show inverse aggregation behavior in the solid state: the potassium and cesium salts crystallize as discrete monomers in which the cations interact with flanking arene rings of the diaryltriazenido ligands, whereas the lithium derivative is dimeric with a more conventional heteroatom-bridged structure.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.
authors.forename: Hyui Sul
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Niemeyer