Di-μ-bromido-bis[(diethyl ether-κO)(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)magnesium]: the mesityl Grignard reagent

Abstract

The crystal structure of the title compound, [Mg2Br2(C9H11)2(C4H10O)2], features a centrosymmetric two-centre magnesium complex with half a mol­ecule in the asymmetric unit. The Mg atom is in a considerably distorted Br2CO coordination. Bond lengths and angles are comparable with already published values. The crystal packing is stabilized by C—H⋯π inter­actions linking the complexes into sheets parallel to (0-11).