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‘Inverse crown ether’ complexes: extension to potassium through the synthesis of [{[(Me3Si)2N]4K2Mg2(O2)}∞], a peroxo-centred macrocycle linked into infinite chains by intermolecular K⋯CH3(SiMe2) interactions

Alan R. Kennedy, Robert E. Mulvey, B.A. Roberts, R.B. Rowlings, Colin L. Raston

Chemical Communications · 1999 · 51 citations · 4 references

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Abstract

The title compound represents the first potassium example of a novel class of amide-supported heterobimetallic macrocycle having a dicationic (N4K2Mg2)2+ octagonal ring framework surrounding a dianionic (O2)2– core.

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Intermetallic Lithium−Magnesium Hexamethyldisilazide:  Synthesis and Structure, Discovery of an Oxygen-Centered Variant, and a Reaction with Benzonitrile That Produces a Novel Amidinate Cage Compound with a Trigonal Bipyramidal Li<sub>4</sub>MgO Core

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Ion pairing in [bis(trimethylsilyl)amido]potassium: The x-ray crystal structure of unsolvated [KN(SiMe3)2]2

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Crystal structure of a heavier alkali metal diisopropylamide complex: a discrete (KN)2 ring dimer with TMEDA chelation and short intramolecular K⋯H(C) contacts

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