Syntheses and structures of an unsolvated tetrakisimidophosphate (Li3(P(NBut)3(NSiMe3))2 and the face-sharing double-cubane (Li2(THF)[P(O)(NBut)2(NHBut)])2

Andrea Armstrong; Tristram Chivers; Mark Krahn; Masood Parvez; Gabriele Schatte

doi:10.1039/b207197e

Syntheses and structures of an unsolvated tetrakisimidophosphate (Li3(P(NBut)3(NSiMe3))2 and the face-sharing double-cubane (Li2(THF)[P(O)(NBut)2(NHBut)])2

Chem Commun (Camb). 2002 Oct 21:(20):2332-3. doi: 10.1039/b207197e.

Authors

Andrea Armstrong¹, Tristram Chivers, Mark Krahn, Masood Parvez, Gabriele Schatte

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4.

PMID: 12448411
DOI: 10.1039/b207197e

Abstract

The treatment of Me3SiN=P(NHBut)3 with three equivalents of LiBun in toluene produces (Li3(P(NBut)3(NSiMe3)))2 comprised of a Li6N6 cyclic ladder capped on the two hexagonal faces by mu 3-PNSiMe3 groups; the corresponding reaction of O=P(NHBut)3 yields the face-sharing double-cubane (Li2(THF)P(O)(NBut)2(NHBut))2 with a central Li2O2 ring.