Di(-tert.-butylamino)dichlorosilane reacts with an excess of methylami
ne to give di(-tert.-butylamino)di(methylamino)silane 1, (Me(3)CHN)(2)
Si(NHMe)(2). The dilithiumderivative 2, (Me(3)CHN)(2)Si(NLiMe)(2), is
obtained in the reaction of 1 with a molar ratio 1:2 of n-buli in n-he
xane. In absence of donorsolvents 2 crystallizes tetrameric. Lithium i
s coordinated in three different ways and substitutes the methylamino-
hydrogen. In the crystal structure two eight-membered(NLiNSi)(2)-rings
are connected by two lithium.