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The reaction of two molar equivalents of Li{N[C(CH3)(2)(CH2)(3)C(CH3)(
2)]} with ZnCl2 in diethyl ether yields the title compound 1, which wa
s characterized by H-1,C-13 and N-14 NMR, melting point, elemental ana
lysis, mass spectrometry and single crystal X-ray diffraction. The str
uctural characterization permits the first direct comparison of di(ary
l)amide and di(triorganosilyl)amide examples with a di(alkyl)amide com
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