T
he reaction of
N6,
N9-
dimet
hyla
denine (
N6,
N9-Me
2A
de,
1) wit
h met
hyllit
hium in aprotic solvents suc
h as tetra
hy
drofuranan
d pyri
dine resulte
d in t
he formation of t
he lit
hiate
d a
denine [Li(
N6,
N9-Me
2A
de
-H)] (
2) t
hat was isolate
d as
hig
hlyair an
d moisture sensitive tetra
hy
drofuran (
2·
1/
4THF) an
d pyri
dine (
2·py) a
dducts in excellent yiel
ds (>90%). T
hei
dentities of
2·
1/
4THF an
d 2·py were confirme
d by
1H an
d 13C NMR spectroscopy. In crystals of
2·
3/
2py, t
he
dimet
hyla
deninato ligan
d ex
hibite
d a c
helating an
d bri
dging coor
dination mo
de (
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N3) resulting in a 1-Dpolymeric c
hain-like structure in w
hic
h t
he tetra
he
dral coor
dination sp
here of t
he lit
hium atoms was complete
d bya pyri
dine molecule. Reactions of
2·
1/
4THF wit
h electrop
hiles suc
h as MeI, Me
3SiCl, an
d Me
3SnCl resulte
d in
hig
hyiel
ds (88-98%) of t
he formation of t
he a
denine
deriatives
N6,
N6,
N9-Me
3A
de
-H (
3),
N6-(SiMe
3)-
N6,
N9-Me
2A
de
-H(
4), an
d N6-(SnMe
3)-
N6,
N9-Me
2A
de
-H (
5), respectively. Compoun
ds
3-5 were c
haracterize
d by
1H,
13C,
29Si (
4),an
d 119Sn (
5) NMR spectroscopy an
d MS investigations, an
d t
he stannylate
d derivative
5 also was c
haracterize
dby single-crystal
diffraction analysis ex
hibiting a mononuclear structure. T
he reaction of t
he stannylate
d a
denine
5wit
h n-BuLi in
n-
hexane procee
de
d in t
he sense of a tin-lit
hium transmetalation reaction yiel
ding t
he solvent-freelit
hium a
deninate [Li(
N6,
N9-Me
2A
de
-H)] (
2) in 90% yiel
d.