| Abstract: | The 1,3‐Dimethylcyanurate Ion as an Ambident Ligand 1,3‐Dimethyl‐2,4,6‐trioxo‐1,3,5‐triazin ( 7 ), (1,3‐dimethylcyanuric acid, DMCH), obtained from the thermolysis of methyl urea, is deprotonated with lithium ethylate. In the resulting dinuclear complex (DMCLi)2·4 H2O] ( 8 ), the heterocyclic anions are linked to the lithium centres with oxygen atoms as its enolate form. In the corresponding silver complex (DMCAg)2·en] ( 10 ), (en = ethylendiamine), N‐coordination of the ligand is observed. The crystal structures of 7 , 8 , and 10 reveal the presence of intermolecular hydrogen bonds. |
