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metal-organic compounds
The coordination geometry at the Mg atom in the title complex, [MgBr2{(C3H7)2NH}{(C2H5)2O}], is shown to be distorted tetrahedral. The presence of a secondary amine ligand is unusual in its derivation from an amide. It is also unusual to find both an ether and a simple amine solvating the same magnesium centre [Mg1-N1 2.158 (3) and Mg1-O1 2.041 (3) Å].