metal-organic compounds
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The asymmetric unit of the title compound, [Li2(C12H12NOP)6]Cl2·2CH3CN, contains one-half of the centrosymmetric dication, one chloride anion and one acetonitrile solvent molecule. Each Li atom is coordinated by four O atoms [Li—O 1.891 (3) and 2.025 (3) Å] from the four diphenylphosphinamide ligands in a distorted tetrahedral geometry. In the crystal, weak N—HCl hydrogen bonds link the anions and dications into columns extending along [100].