10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b01743.s008 Fei Zhong Fei Zhong Xiaodong Yang Xiaodong Yang Lingyi Shen Lingyi Shen Yanxia Zhao Yanxia Zhao Hongwei Ma Hongwei Ma Biao Wu Biao Wu Xiao-Juan Yang Xiao-Juan Yang Multinuclear Alkali Metal Complexes of a Triphenylene-Based Hexamine and the Transmetalation to Tris(N-heterocyclic tetrylenes) (Ge, Sn, Pb) American Chemical Society 2016 deprotonated ligand hexalithium salt Ge 3 alkali metal complexes diamido coordination sites DME Triphenylene-Based Hexamine PDAH 2 Sn 3 Li 6 alkali metal agents LH 6 Multinuclear Alkali Metal Complexes K 2 K 3 tetrylene group 14 element halides C 3 Na 2 Pb 3 2016-08-15 18:19:52 Dataset https://acs.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Multinuclear_Alkali_Metal_Complexes_of_a_Triphenylene-Based_Hexamine_and_the_Transmetalation_to_Tris_N-heterocyclic_tetrylenes_Ge_Sn_Pb_/3581508 A <i>C</i><sub>3</sub>-symmetric hexamine (<b>LH</b><sub><b>6</b></sub>) based on the triphenylene and <i>ortho</i>-phenylenediamine (PDAH<sub>2</sub>) skeletons has been synthesized, and was partially or fully deprotonated upon treatment with alkali metal agents to afford amino–amido or diamido coordination sites. Four alkali metal complexes, the dinuclear [Na<sub>2</sub>(<b>LH</b><sub><b>4</b></sub>)­(DME)<sub>5</sub>] (<b>1</b>) and [K<sub>2</sub>(<b>LH</b><sub><b>4</b></sub>)­(DME)<sub>4</sub>] (<b>2</b>), trinuclear [K<sub>3</sub>(<b>LH</b><sub><b>3</b></sub>)­(DME)<sub>6</sub>] (<b>3</b>), and hexanuclear [Li<sub>6</sub>(<b>L</b>)­(DME)<sub>6</sub>] (<b>4</b>), were obtained and used in transmetalation/ligand exchange with other metals. The hexalithium salt of the fully deprotonated ligand, [Li<sub>6</sub><b>L</b>], reacted with heavier group 14 element halides to yield three tris­(N-heterocyclic tetrylenes), the germylene [Ge<sub>3</sub>(<b>L</b>)] (<b>5</b>), stannylene [Sn<sub>3</sub>(<b>L</b>)] (<b>6</b>), and plumbylene [Pb<sub>3</sub>(<b>L</b>)] (<b>7</b>). The synthesis and crystal and electronic structures of these compounds are reported.