A pyridyl-substituted cyclodisilazane [(Apy)2(μ-SiMe)2] (ApyH2 = 2-aminopyridine)

The title compound, C14H20N4Si2 or [(Apy)2(μ-SiMe)2], systematic name 2-[2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-3-(pyridin-2-yl)-1,3,2,4-diazadisiletidin-1-yl]pyridine, was obtained as a side product from the reaction of 2-amino-pyridine with LiBun followed by the addition of Me2NMe2SiCl in hexane. The compound was characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis and NMR spectroscopy. The title compound lies about an inversion center at the centroid of the cyclodisilazane ring. The four-membered Si2N2 core is strictly planar with the two pyridyl rings placed centrosymmetrically on either side of the Si2N2 plane and are almost coplanar with the central four-membered ring.