Bis[2-(dimethylamino-κN)-α,α-diphenylbenzenemethanolato-κO](tetrahydrofuran-κO)magnesium(II)

Abstract

The title magnesium complex, [Mg(C21H20NO2)2(C4H8O)] n , exhibits two N,O-bidentate 2-(dimethylamino)-α,α-diphenylbenzenemethanolate ligands, forming two six-membered chelate rings. The distorted square-pyramidal coordination sphere of the MgII atom is completed by the O atom of a tetrahydrofuran ligand, with its O atom in the apical position. The O and N atoms are in a mutual trans arrangement. Except for two C—H...π interactions, no significant intermolecular interactions are observed in the crystal.