The dynamic behaviour of tetramethylethylene diamine (TMEDA) ligands in three organometallic complexes, dimeric phenyllithium, [Li(tmeda)mu-Ph](2) (1), lithium cyclopentadienide, [Li(tmeda)]C5H5 (2), and dilithium naphthalendiide, trans-[Li(tmeda)]2C10H8 (3), has been studied by CP/MAS C-13 and N-15 as well as Li-7 MAS NMR spectroscopy of powdered samples. Two dynamic processes with free activation enthalpies of 40 and 68 kJ mol(-1), respectively, were detected for 1. The first one can be assigned to ring inversion of the five-membered Li-TMEDA rings, while the second is caused by a complete rotation of the TMEDA- ligands or a ring inversion of the central four membered C-Li-C-Li metallacycle. Fast rotation of the ligands on the NMR time scale was found for 2, while 3 shows 180 degrees ring flips of the Li-TMEDA groups, which are characterized by an energy barrier Delta G(not equal)(317) of 64 kJ mol(-1).