Crystal structure and Hirshfeld surface analysis of 2-picolyllithium·3thf.

ABSTRACT: In the title compound, (2-methyl-idene-1,2-di-hydro-pyridinium-κN)tris-(tetra-hydro-furan-κO)lithium, [Li(C₆H₆N)(C₄H₈O)₃], the lithium ion adopts a distorted LiNO₃ tetra-hedral coordination geometry and the 2-picolyl anion adopts its enamido form with the lithium ion lying close to the plane of the pyridine ring. A methyl-ene group of one of the thf ligands is disordered over two orientations. In the crystal, a weak C-H⋯O inter-action generates inversion dimers. A Hirshfeld surface analysis shows that H⋯H contacts dominate the packing (86%) followed by O⋯H/H⋯O and C⋯H/H⋯C contacts, which contribute 3% and 10.4%, respectively.

SUBMITTER: Mairath T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10833367 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature