'Inverse crown ether' complexes: extension to potassium through the synthesis of [{[(Me3Si)(2)N](4)K2Mg2(O-2)}(infinity)], a peroxo-centred macrocycle linked into infinite chains by intermolecular K center dot center dot center dot CH3(SiMe2) interactions
Ar. Kennedy et al., 'Inverse crown ether' complexes: extension to potassium through the synthesis of [{[(Me3Si)(2)N](4)K2Mg2(O-2)}(infinity)], a peroxo-centred macrocycle linked into infinite chains by intermolecular K center dot center dot center dot CH3(SiMe2) interactions, CHEM COMMUN, (4), 1999, pp. 353-354
The title compound represents the first potassium example of a novel class
of amide-supported heterobimetallic macrocycle having a dicationic (N4K2Mg2
)(2+) octagonal ring framework surrounding a dianionic (O-2)(2-) core.