Influence of lithium coordinating additives on the structure of phenyldimethylsilyllithium

Abstract

The synthesis and structural investigation of two dimethylphenylsilyllithium adducts with coordinating nitrogen donors quinuclidine and 1,3,5-tri-tert-butylhexahydro-1,3,5-triazine (tbtac) are presented. The structures show a comparatively long Si−Li distance and one amongst the shortest in monomeric silyllithiums reported so far, respectively. The structural investigations shed light on the influence of the donating additive for the lithium center on the structure of silyllithium compounds.