{N-[1-(2-Oxidophen­yl)ethyl­idene]-dl-alaninato}(pentane-1,5-di­yl)silicon(IV)

Abstract

The coordination geometry of the penta­coordinated Si^IV atom in the title complex is a distorted trigonal bipyramid.

The title Si^IV complex, C₁₆H₂₁NO₃Si, is built up by a tridentate dinegative Schiff base ligand bound to a sila­cyclo­hexane unit. The coordination geometry of the penta­coordinated Si^IV atom is a distorted trigonal bipyramid. The presence of the sila­cyclo­hexane ring in the complex leads to an unusual coordination geometry of the Si^IV atom with the N atom from the Schiff base ligand and an alkyl-C atom in apical positions of the trigonal bipyramid. There is a disorder of the methyl group at the imine bond with two orientations resolved for the H atoms [major orientation = 0.55 (3)]. In the crystal, C—H⋯O inter­actions are found within corrugated layers of mol­ecules parallel to the ab plane.

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