A new entry into aluminum chemistry: [L(1)AlMe]⋅THF, a versatile building block for bimetallic and polymetallic complexes

Sankaranarayana Pillai Sarish; Bijan Nekoueishahraki; Anukul Jana; Herbert W Roesky; Thomas Schulz; Dietmar Stalke

doi:10.1002/chem.201001809

A new entry into aluminum chemistry: [L(1)AlMe]⋅THF, a versatile building block for bimetallic and polymetallic complexes

Chemistry. 2011 Jan 17;17(3):890-4. doi: 10.1002/chem.201001809. Epub 2010 Nov 19.

Authors

Sankaranarayana Pillai Sarish¹, Bijan Nekoueishahraki, Anukul Jana, Herbert W Roesky, Thomas Schulz, Dietmar Stalke

Affiliation

¹ Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany.

PMID: 21226104
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201001809

Abstract

[L(1) AlMe]⋅THF (1; L(1) =CH[C(CH(2) )](CMe)(2,6-iPr(2) C(6) H(3) N)(2) ) is prepared by a new method to test its reactivity towards metal complexes to give heterobimetallic or polymetallic complexes. The treatment of 1 with germanium chloride ([LGeCl]), tin chloride ([LSnCl]; L=CH(CMe2,6-iPr(2) C(6) H(3) N)(2) ), bismuth amide ([1,8-C(10) H(6) (NSiMe(3) )(2) BiNMe(2) ]), and dimethyl zinc (ZnMe(2) ) gave the desired compounds with different functional groups on the aluminum center. All compounds have been thoroughly characterized by multinuclear NMR spectroscopy, EI mass spectrometry, X-ray crystallography (2, 3, and 5), and elemental analysis.