Lewis-Base Adducts of Main Group 1 Metal-Compounds. XIII. Synthesis and Structures of Some Pyridine Base Lithium Bromide and Iodide Adducts

Abstract

The syntheses and single-crystal X-ray structure determinations of adducts of the lithium(I) halides with the following stoichiometries are reported: 1 : 3 lithium(I) bromide, iodide/ pyridine, monomers; 1 : 2 lithium(I) bromide/ quinoline and lithium(I) iodide/ quinaldine , both as [L₂LiX₂LiL₂] dimers ; and 1 : 1½ lithium(I) iodide/2,4,6-trimethylpyridine, 'step' tetramer.