Two modifications of a five‐coordinate silicon complex

TBPY‐5‐34‐(Butane‐1,4‐diyl)(2‐{[1‐(2‐oxidophenyl)ethylidene‐κO]amino‐κN}ethanolato‐κO)silicon, C₁₄H₁₉NO₂Si, crystallizes in two modifications. The monoclinic form, (IIm), was obtained by crystallization over a period of 2 d at room temperature; the orthorhombic form, (IIo), crystallized overnight at 248 K. The main difference between the two molecular structures involves the angles in the equatorial plane of the trigonal bipyramid around silicon. Form (IIm) has an O—Si—O angle of ca 121° and O—Si—C angles of ca 121 and 116°. In form (IIo), the corresponding angles are ∼123, 124 and 111°. There are also significant differences in the packing: (IIm) shows π stacking, whereas (IIo) does not.