| Abstract: | Trimethylsilyl Derivatives of Vb-Elements. V. Molecular and Crystal Structure of Lithium Bis(trimethylsilyl)arsenide · DME Lithium bis(trimethylsilyl)arsenide · DME 1 obtained from tris(trimethylsilyl)-arsine and n-butyl or methyl lithium in 1,2-dimethoxyethane crystallizes monoclinic with {a = 1813(3); b = 1327(3); c = 968(1) pm; β = 119.3(1)°; Z = 4} at +20°C. Experimental conditions unfavourable for an X-ray structure determination caused high standard deviations of all structural parameters. The refinements of these values calculated with respect to the centrosymmetric space group C2/m converged at a relatively high R-value of 0.090. In contrast to the homologous antimonide lithium bis(trimethylsilyl)arsenide · DME 1 is found to be dimeric in solution as well as in the solid state. The four-membered ring built up by bis(trimethylsilyl)arsino groups and DME-coordinated lithium atoms in alternating sequence is planar; the carbon atoms statistically occupy positions on both sides of a mirror plane. Characteristic bond lengths and angles are: As? Si 230.7(7); As? Li 259(2); Li? O 205(4) and 215(4) pm; Si? As? Si 103.2(4)°; Li? As? Li 81(1)°; As? Li? As 99(1)° and Li? As? Si 115(1)°. |
