The crystal structure of a magnesium(II) ethyl diglyme complex

Dibromo1,1-oxybix2-ethoxyethane]-O,O,O]-(tetrahydrofuran-O) magnesium, C₁₂H₂₆O₄MgBr₂, crystallizes in space group Pbca witha=7.402(1),b=16.726(2),c=29.248(3) Å,V=3620.9(12) ų,Z=8. The structure was refined toR=0.083 andR _w =0.055 for 1880 observed reflections. Magnesium is octahedrally coordinated by twocis bromine atoms and four oxygen atoms, three from the meridional ethyl diglyme and one from tetrahydrofuran. The Mg–Br distances are 2.614(3)trans to thf and 2.529(3) Åtrans to the central O of the diglyme. The Br–Mg–Br angle is 97.9(1)° and the Mg–O(thf) distance is 2.196(6) Å. The O–Mg–O bite angles subtended by the diglyme are 75.3(2) and 75.7(2)°. The Mg–O(ethyl diglyme) distances are 2.127(6), 2.136(6), and 2.090(6) Å.