X-ray crystal and molecular structure of the complex between dibenzo-14-crown-4 and LiSCN

The crystal structure of the title compound shows that in the complex the Li⁺ cation is penta-co-ordinated to the 4 ethereal oxygens and to the N of the SCN ^- anion, in a nearly square pyramidal geometry, where Li is 0.79 Å out of the plane of the oxygens; the average Li-O distance is 2.04 Å and Li-N is 1.96 Å.