Synthesis and crystal structure of trimeric sodium 2,2,6,6- tetramethylpiperidide (NaTMP)

Gehrhus, B. and Hitchcock, P.H. and Kennedy, A.R. and Lappert, M.F. and Mulvey, R.E. and Rodger, P.J.A. (1999) Synthesis and crystal structure of trimeric sodium 2,2,6,6- tetramethylpiperidide (NaTMP). Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 587 (1). ISSN 0022-328X (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0022-328X(99)00284-3)

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Abstract

The title compound has been synthesised in powder form by two distinct methods: namely by sodiation of the parent amine 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine with n-butylsodium in a hydrocarbon solvent or by transmetallation from lithium 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidide through the action of sodium t-butoxide in hexane solution. An alternative crystalline specimen suitable for X-ray crystallographic study was grown from a solution which additionally contained n,s-dibutylmagnesium. This study reveals a trimeric molecule of C3h symmetry, its salient feature being a strictly planar (NaN)3 ring. The sterically encumbered amide anions are separated by large N---Na---N bond angles of 143.76(6)°, the bonding in which is slightly asymmetrical (Na---N bond lengths: 2.307(2) and 2.362(2) î..). Discussion focuses on the contrast between the tetrameric ring arrangement of the lithium congener, which was reported several years ago.

  • Item type:Article
    ID code:1283
    Dates:
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    15 September 1999
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    Subjects:Science > Chemistry
    Department:Faculty of Science > Pure and Applied Chemistry
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    Date deposited:23 Jun 2006
    Last modified:22 Aug 2024 03:31
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/1283
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