[P,P-Di-tert-butyl-N-trimethylsilyl-P-(trimethylsilylamino)phosphine imidato-k²N,N′]bis(pyridine-kN)lithium(I)

The crystal structure of lithium metal-organic compounds was studied. In the given compound, the bulky chelating monoanionic phosphine imidate ligand and two pyridine ligands bind to Li in a pseudo-tetrahedral arrangement with twofold symmetry. The results showed that the distance from Li to the N atoms of the aminophosphine imidate was 2.048 (5) Å while to the N atoms of the pyridine ligands, the distance was 2.114 (5) Å.