The title complex, [Li2(C11H22N3Si2)2(C4H10O)2], crystallizes in the P-1 space group with one molecule of a centrosymmetric dimeric complex in the unit cell. The lithium cation is coordinated in a bidentate fashion by the pyridyl N atom and a silylamido N atom of one 2,6-bis(trimethylsilylamido)pyridine ligand and by a monodentate, bridging silylamido N atom of another. A diethyl ether molecule completes the tetrahedral coordination environment for each lithium atom. Neither intra- nor intermolecular hydrogen bonding nor π–π stacking are observed in the crystal, likely indicating that weak electrostatic interactions are the dominant feature leading to the supramolecular structure.
