The title compound, C 14 H 20 N 4 Si 2 or [(Apy) 2 (-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 LiBu n followed by the addition of Me 2 NMe 2 SiCl 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 Si 2 N 2 core is strictly planar with the two pyridyl rings placed centrosymmetrically on either side of the Si 2 N 2 plane and are almost coplanar with the central four-membered ring.
Structure descriptionSmall inorganic rings represent a well studied structural class due to the novel bonding modes and reactivity these units possess and the ubiquitous role of cyclic intermediates in a wide variety of chemical transformations (He et al., 2014). Structural features of N-aromatic cyclodisilazanes have also attracted considerable interest (Schneider et al., 2001).The title compound, [(Apy) 2 (-SiMe) 2 ], lies on an inversion center situated at the centroid of the N2/Si1/N2A/Si1A ring (Fig. 1), where the four-membered Si 2 N 2 core is strictly planar. The Si-N-Si and N-Si-N bond angles are 95.92 (5) and 84.08 (5) , respectively. The two pyridyl rings, which are close to planar [r.m.s. deviations = 0.0066 Å ] are located centrosymmetrically on either side of the Si 2 N 2 plane. They are also close to coplanar with the Si 2 N 2 ring, with interplanar angles of 6.97 (9) . This coplanarity of the main backbone is also observed in the previously reported aryl substituted cyclodisilazanes with only H or halogen atoms in the ortho positions of the aromatic ring (Szö llö sy et al., 1983). In these structures, the corresponding dihedral angles between the