García Felipe, Hopkins Alexander D, Humphrey Simon M, McPartlin Mary, Rogers Michael C, Wright Dominic S
Chemistry Department, Cambridge University, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, UK CB2 1EW.
Dalton Trans. 2004 Feb 7(3):361-2. doi: 10.1039/b315503j. Epub 2004 Jan 8.
The low-temperature reaction of MeSiCl3 with 2-Li-C5H4N (1:3 equivalents) in thf gives [MeSi(2-C5H4N)3LiX](X = 0.2Br, 0.8Cl), containing the first example of a Si-bridged tris(pyridyl) ligand.