Crystal structure of the cyclopentadienyl sodium tetrametylethylenediamine adduct Na(C5H5)(Me2NCH2CH2NMe2)

Takanobu Aoyagi, H. M. M. Shearer, Kenneth Wade, Graham Whitehead

Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications · 1976 · 11 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

The adduct Na(C5H5)(Me2NCH2CH2NMe 2), prepared from Na(C5H5) and an equimolar proportion (or excess) of Me2NCH2CH2NMe2 in THF, adopts a puckered chain structure in the crystal in which Na(Me2NCH2CH2NMe2) units are linked by bridging h5-C5H5 rings.