Model structural types for rationalising stoichiometries and coordination numbers in lithium amidomagnesiates: syntheses and X-ray diffraction studies of [{Mg(NR2)2}2], [Li2Mg(NR2)4] and [LiMg(NR2)3·py](R = benzyl, py = pyridine)

W. Clegg, Kenneth W. Henderson, Robert Mulvey, P.A. O'Neil

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Abstract

Factors governing the intermetallic ratios and coordination geometries in lithium amidomagnesiates are discussed with reference to three model crystal structures containing the same (dibenzylamido) ligand, which remarkably reveal that an unsolvated lithium can induce coordination expansion about a magnesium centre.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)769-770
Number of pages2
JournalJournal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
Volume1994
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Mar 1994

Keywords

  • crystal structure
  • aryl compounds
  • metal alkyl
  • complex
  • amide

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