ISSN:
0009-2940
Keywords:
Aluminium-aluminium bond
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C2Al2Si heterocycle
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Aluminium, three- and fourfold coordinated
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Chemistry
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Inorganic Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
1-Sila-3-alumina-4-aluminatacyclopentane with an Al-Al Bond and a C2Al2Si HeterocycleTetrakis[bis(trimethylsilyl)methyl]dialuminium(4) (1) with an aluminium-aluminium bond reacts in the presence of tetramethylethylenediamine (TMEDA) with the sterically highly shielded bases bis(trimethylsilyl)methyllithium or bis(dimethylphosphanyl)methyllithium to yield under deprotonation of a methyl group a carbanionic species, which is stabilized by an interaction with one of the coordinatively unsaturated Al atoms. The five-membered heterocycle 5 is formed containing two Al, one Si and two C atoms. The Al-Al bond remains uncleaved. Interestingly, 5 crystallizes in different crystals with and without crystal ether, which were both characterized by crystal-structure determinations. The Al-Al bond length in 5 [264.1(2) and 266.5(3) pm, respectively] is only slightly changed in comparison to the neutral starting compound 1 (266.0 pm). Under similar conditions the sterically less demanding ethyllithium leads to a β-elimination and addition of the thereby formed LiH to one of the two Al atoms to give the recently published hydridodialuminate(5) Li(TMEDA)2+ [R2Al-AlHR2]- (2).
Additional Material:
1 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cber.19931261211
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