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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 5.
Published in final edited form as: Adv Synth Catal. 2008 May 5;350(7-8):1023–1045. doi: 10.1002/adsc.200800017

Table 17.

Calculation of ligand geometries,

bridging angle, ° N-Li-N, °

ligand (n) MM2 MM2, coplanar N’s PM3 free ligand PM3 Li•complex PM3 Li•complex
12kc (3) 108.7 108.8 111.6 112.7 89.0
12lc (4) 113.0 116.0 108.3 110.0 89.8
12mc (5) 107.7 114.6 106.9 111.8 86.9
12nc (6) 104.5 104.5 108.2 106.8 90.7
12ac (Me2C) 107.2 107.4 108.7 109.7 88.7