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DOI: 10.1039/A708399H (Paper) Reference Section for: Chem. Commun., 1998, 781-782

Non-planar structures of Et3N and Pri3N: a contradiction between the X-ray, and NMR and electron diffraction data for Pri3N

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Roland Boese, Dieter Bläser, Mikhail Y. Antipin, Roland Boese, Mikhail Y. Antipin, Vladimir Chaplinski and Armin de Meijere

Abstract

The crystal structures of Et3N and Pri3N were determined by X-ray analysis using the in situ crystallization technique for single crystal growth on the diffractometer; both have a pyramidal configuration of the nitrogen atom, even Pri3N, which was considered to be planar in accord with electron diffraction and NMR data.

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