Non-planar structures of Et3N and Pri3N: a contradiction between the X-ray, and NMR and electron diffraction data for Pri3N
Abstract
The crystal structures of Et3N and Pri3N were determined by X-ray analysis using the in situ crystallization technique for single crystal growth on the diffractometer; both have a pyramidal configuration of the nitrogen atom, even Pri3N, which was considered to be planar in accord with electron diffraction and NMR data.