Lithium crystal structure

Lithium.- Crystal structures are reported for lithium containing clusters [Pt2Li2 (C-Ph) (Bu )2 (PEtj) 23 [Cu2Li2Phg] and [Au2Li2 (CgH CH2NMe2-2)4 3. 

Lithium. - Crystal structures are reported for cluster anions tCu4LiPhg]" 2la and [Ag3Li2Ph]" ib trigonal bipyramidal cores. 

Crystal structure determination has also been done with -butyllithium. A 4 1 n-BuLi TMEDA complex is a tetramer accommodating two TMEDA molecules, which, rather than chelating a lithium, link the tetrameric units. The 2 2 -BuLi TMEDA complex has a structure similar to that of [PhLi]2 [TMEDA]2. Both 1 1 -BuLi THF and 1 1 -BuLi DME complexes are tetrameric with ether molecules coordinated at each lithium (Fig. 7.2). These and many other organolithium structures have been compared in a review of this topic. ... 

Fig. 7.3. Crystal structures of some lithium etiolates of ketones. (A) Unsolvated hexameric enolate of methyl t-butyl ketone (B) tetrahydrofuran solvate of tetramer of enolate of methyl r-butyl ketone (C) tetrahydrofuran solvate of tetramer of enolate of cyclopentanone (D) dimeric enolate of 3,3-dimethyl-4-(r-butyldimethylsiloxy)-2-pentanone. (Structural diagrams are reproduced from Refs. 66-69.) by permission of the American Chemical Society and Verlag Helvetica Chimica Acta AG.

The structure and bonding in lithium methyl have been particularly fully studied. The crystal structure consists of interconnected tetrameric units (LiMe)4 as shown in Fig. 4.17 the individual Li4C4 clusters consist of a tetrahedron... 

A limited number of non-transition-metal derivatives of thiophene will be considered in this subsection. There are no short-range contacts between the lithium atoms originating from the (LiO)6 cores and the sulfur atoms in [Li—O—EMc2 (2-C4H3S)]6 (E = C, Si) (97OM5032), and evidence for Tr-interactions can be found in the X-ray crystal structures of these compounds. Theoretical computations show that a- (S ) Li" " interactions are weak, whereas Tr-Li" contributions are considerable, in accord with the general reasoning on the electronic characteristics of uncomplexed thiophene. 

Lithium dioxyfluoroniobate (IV), LiNb02F, also has a LiNb03-type crystal structure, while dioxyfluoroniobates of sodium and potassium, NaNb02F and KNb02F, crystallize in a perovskite-type structure [247]. 

Other examples of compounds that are considered MeX3-type compounds are lithium hexafluorotantalate (-niobate), LiTaF6 and LiTaF6, which have crystal structures similar to A1F3. Both lithium and tantalum (niobium) cations have similar ionic radii and are located in the centers of octahedrons that are composed of fluorine anions. 

In the case of lithium orthoniobate, Li3Nb04, no meta-stable phase was found that had a rock-salt crystal structure with disordered cation distribution [268]. Nevertheless, solid solutions Li2+xTii-4xNb3x03, where 0 < x < 0.22, have a monoclinic structure at low temperatures and undergo transformation to a disordered NaCl type structure at high temperatures [274]. 

Compounds of the same stoichiometry type usually have the same type crystal structure within the row of alkali metals K - Rb - Cs rarely the same type structure with sodium-containing analogues and never ciystallize similarly with lithium-containing compounds. The crystal structure analysis of different fluoride and oxyfluoride compounds clearly indicates that the steric similarity between all cations and tantalum or niobium must be taken into account when calculating the X Me ratio. 

The type of crystal structure depends on the ratio X Me, where X is the total number of anions (oxygen and fluorine) and Me is the total number of all cations that can fit into/occupy octahedral voids (tantalum, niobium, lithium and other metals with similar ionic radii). 

If we look at the mechanistic and crystallographic aspects of the operation of polycomponent electrodes, we see that the incorporation of electroactive species such as lithium into a crystalline electrode can occur in two basic ways. In the examples discussed above, and in which complete equilibrium is assumed, the introduction of the guest species can either involve a simple change in the composition of an existing phase by solid solution, or it can result in the formation of new phases with different crystal structures from that of the initial host material. When the identity and/or amounts of phases present in the electrode change, the process is described as a reconstitution reaction. That is, the microstructure is reconstituted. 

The second way in which an electroactive species such as lithium can be incorporated into the structure of an electrode is by a topotactic insertion reaction. In this case the guest species is relatively mobile and enters the crystal structure of the host phase so that no significant change in the structural configuration of the host lattice occurs. 

In closely related studies, the molecular and crystal structures of lithium, sodium and potassium N,N -di(p-tolyl)formamidinate and N,N -di(2,6-dialkyl-phenyl)formamidinate complexes have been elucidated. These showed the anions to be versatile ligands for alkali metals, exhibiting a wide variety of binding modes. ... 

In a similar manner, treatment of anhydrous rare-earth chlorides with 3 equivalents of lithium 1,3-di-ferf-butylacetamidinate (prepared in situ from di-ferf-butylcarbodiimide and methyllithium) in THF at room temperature afforded LnlMeCfNBuOils (Ln = Y, La, Ce, Nd, Eu, Er, Lu) in 57-72% isolated yields. X-ray crystal structures of these complexes demonstrated monomeric formulations with distorted octahedral geometry about the lanthanide(III) ions (Figure 20, Ln = La). The new complexes are thermally stable at >300°C, and sublime... 

Reactions of UCI4 with [Li RC(NCy)2 (THF)]2 (R = Me, Bu ) in THF gave the tris(amidinate) compounds [RC(NCy)2]3UCl that could be reduced with lithium powder in THF to the dark-green homoleptic uranium(lll) complexes [RC(NCy)2]3U. Comparison of the crystal structure of [MeC(NCy)2]3U with those of the lanthanide analog showed that the average U-N distance is shorter than expected from a purely ionic bonding model. ... 

Reaction of Ph2PLi with Pr N = C = NPr in THF proceeds via insertion of the carbodiimide into the Li-P bond, affording the lithium phosphaguanidinate salt Li[Ph2PC(NPr )2] in 72% yield. The preparation and reactivity of this new ligand are summarized in Scheme 217. An X-ray crystal structure analysis of the product obtained after removal of the solvent from the reaction mixture revealed the presence of a mono-solvated, centrosymmetric dimer in the solid state (Figure... 

The first stable silaallene, 56, was synthesized in 1993 " " by the intramolecular attack of an organolithium reagent at the /f-carbon of a fluoroalkynylsilane (Scheme 16). Addition of two equivalents of r-butyllithium in toluene at O C to compound 54 gave intermediate 55. The a-lithiofluorosilane then eliminated lithium fluoride at room temperature to form the 1-silaallene 56, which was so sterically hindered that it did not react with ethanol even at reflux temperatures. 1-Silaallene 56 was the first, and so far the only, multiply bonded silicon species to be unreactive toward air and water. The X-ray crystal structure and NMR spectra of 56 is discussed in Sect. IVA. 

Fig. 1.1. Crystal structure of lithium enolate of methyl -butyl ketone in a structure containing four Li+, two enolates, and one HMDA anions, one bromide ion, and two TMEDA ligands. Reproduced from Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl., 35, 1322 (1996), by permission of Wiley-VCH.

Fig. 1.6. Crystal structure of dimer of lithium salt of N-phenylimine of methyl -butyl ketone. Two molecules of diethyl ether are present. Reproduced from J. Am. Chem. Soc., 108, 2462 (1986), by permission of the American Chemical Society. 

Spectroscopic investigations of the lithium derivatives of cyclohexanone (V-phenylimine indicate that it exists as a dimer in toluene and that as a better donor solvent, THF, is added, equilibrium with a monomeric structure is established. The monomer is favored at high THF concentrations.110 A crystal structure determination was done on the lithiated A-phenylimine of methyl r-butyl ketone, and it was found to be a dimeric structure with the lithium cation positioned above the nitrogen and closer to the phenyl ring than to the (3-carbon of the imine anion.111 The structure, which indicates substantial ionic character, is shown in Figure 1.6. 

The crystal structures of many organolithium compounds have been determined.44 Phenyllithium has been crystallized as an ether solvate. The structure is tetrameric with lithium and carbon atoms at alternating corners of a highly distorted cube. The lithium atoms form a tetrahedron and the carbons are associated with the faces of the tetrahedron. Each carbon is 2.33 A from the three neighboring lithium atoms and an ether molecule is coordinated to each lithium atom. Figures 7.2a and b show, respectively, the Li-C cluster and the complete array of atoms, except for hydrogen 45 Section 6.2 of Part A provides additional information on the structure of organolithium compounds. 

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