Synthesis and Structures of Aluminum and Magnesium Complexes of Tetraimidophosphates and Trisamidothiophosphates: EPR and DFT Investigations of the Persistent Neutral Radicals {Me2Al[(μ-NR)(μ-N t Bu)P(μ-N t Bu)2]Li(THF)2}• (R = SiMe3, t Bu)

Reactions of (RNH)(3)PNSiMe(3) (3a, R = (t)()Bu; 3b, R = Cy) with trimethylaluminum result in the formation of {Me(2)Al(mu-N(t)Bu)(mu-NSiMe(3))P(NH(t)()Bu)(2)]} (4) and the dimeric trisimidometaphosphate {Me(2)Al[(mu-NCy)(mu-NSiMe(3))P(mu-NCy)(2)P(mu-NCy)(mu-NSiMe(3))]AlMe(2)} (5a), respectively. The reaction of SP(NH(t)Bu)(3) (2a) with 1 or 2 equiv of AlMe(3) yields {Me(2)Al[(mu-S)(mu-N(t)Bu)P(NH(t)()Bu)(2)]} (7) and …