Complexes of lithium salts LiCF3SO3, LiI, LiCH3CO2, LiBF4, LiSCN, and Li[R−NSO2CF3] with the macrocyclic ligands 18-C-6 and 2.2.2-cryptand were examined by differential
scanning calorimetry, infrared and Raman spectroscopy, and complex impedance. The
formation of an amorphous phase appears to be facilitated by the presence of an unsymmetrical anion containing an ether oxygen of the type [R−NSO2CF3]-. An X-ray crystal
structure was determined for Li[CF3SO2N(CH2)2OCH3]; these data and that for the previously
reported Li[CF3SO2N(CH2)3OCH3] structure was correlated with the physical properties of
their 18-C-6 and 2.2.2-cryptand complexes.