Röntgenstrukturuntersuchung von α‐(Trimethylsilyl)benzyllithium·Tetramethylendiamin [C6H5CH(SiMe3)Li·TMEDA] und α‐(Phenylthio)‐benzyllithium·3 Tetrahydrofuran [C6H5CH(SPh)Li·(THF)3] – zwei zentral‐chirale Benzyllithium‐Verbindungen

Abstract

Crystal Structure of α‐(Trimethylsilyl)benzyllithium·Tetramethylethylendiamin [C6H5CH(SiMe3)Li·TMEDA] und α‐(Phenylthio)‐benzyllithium·3 Tetrahydrofuran [C6H5CH(SPh)Li – (THF)3] – Two Benzyllithium Compounds with Central ChiralityThe crystal structure analyses of [C6H5CH(SiMe3)Li·TMEDA] (6) and of [C6H5CH(SPh)Li·(THF)3] (7, in which the positions of the benzylic hydrogen atoms have been determined experimentally, reveal compounds with pyramidal benzylic carbon atoms. In 6 lithium is λ2‐bound to Cipso and α of the substituted benzylic anion which leads, together with the TMEDA molecule, to a tetra‐coordinated lithium atom. In 7 only one Li – C bond is formed, namely that to Cα. Additional coordination with three THF molecules results also in a tetracoordinated lithium atom, The extent of the pyramidalization in 6 and 7 is qualitatively in agreement with quantum‐mechanical ab initio calculations [G86, MP2/6‐311+ + G(d,p)].