Dis-assembling lithium amide ladder structures: structural elucidation of the lithium anilide solvate [{PhN(H)Li}6·8THF], a model intermediate En route to forming tetra-solvated ring dimers

Abstract

Of widespread significance throughout lithium amide chemistry, the key step in dis-assembling ladder structures to give solvated dimeric rings appears to be insertion of solvent molecules into inner rung sites, as implied by the bridging THF ligands in the model intermediate [{PhN(H)Li}₆·8THF].