THE FIRST MAGNESIUM AMIDE TRIMER, MINONAPHTHALENE-CENTER-DOT-HEXAMETHYLPHOSPHORAMIDE - INTRODUCING AN UNPRECEDENTED CAGE ASSEMBLY INCORPORATING AN MG-3 UNIT WITHIN A N-6 TRIGONAL PRISM

Doubly deprotonating 1,8-diaminonaphthalene with dibutylmagnesium in t he presence of hmpa leads to the formation of the title compound, whic h establishes a new aggregation state and cage architecture within mag nesium amide chemistry; the departure from classical, non-cage, organo magnesium structures can be attributed to the bifunctional and steric design of the involved 'dianion'.