2010, 636 (2), 320-324.

Darstellung, Kristall- und Molekülstruktur eines zwölfgliedrigen N-,N-Di-Lithium-cyclosiloxazans [Me

Veith, Michael | Rammo, Andreas | Heim, Ralf | Huch, Volker

The twelve membered and eighteen membered cyclosiloxazanes [Me

2

SiOSiMe

2

N(H)SiMe

2

O]

2

(

3

) and [Me

2

SiOSiMe

2

N(H)SiMe

2

O]

3

(

4

) have been obtained as colourless liquids from the reaction of 1,5-Dichlorohexamethyltrisiloxane with ammonia at-50 °C without any solvent. For compound

3

and

4

, the yield is 30 % and 43 %, respectively. The treatment of

3

with two equivalents of

n

-butyllithium in n-hexane leads in almost quantitative yield (93 %) to the dilithiumsilylamide [Me

2

SiOSiMe

2

N(Li)SiMe

2

O]

2

(

5

). Compound

5

can be isolated at room temperature and recrystallized from benzene without any decomposition or contraction of the ring size. An X-ray structure determination on [Me

2

SiOSiMe

2

N(Li)SiMe

2

O]

2

(

5

) reveals a waved crown-like twelve membered Si

6

N

2

O

4

-cycle. Each of the two lithium ions is coordinated by two nitrogen and two oxygen atoms leading to a square pyramid, in which the metal occupies the apex. The two square-pyramidal coordination figures are located above and below the waved crown-like Si

6

N

2

O

4

-ring sharing a common edge by the atoms N(1) and N(2). All synthesised compounds have been characterised by spectroscopic methods. Because of the lower solubility of the dilithiumsilylamide

5

, only a

1

H-NMR could be applied for further characterisation in solution.