STABLE HOMOLEPTIC METAL ALKYLS
STABLE HOMOLEPTIC METAL ALKYLS
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稳定的均配金属烷基
DOI:
10.1021/ar50079a001
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发表时间:
1974
影响因子:
18.3
通讯作者:
R. Pearce
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作者:
P. Davidson;M. Lappert;R. Pearce
Since Frankland’s discovery in 1849 of the spontaneously inflammable ZnEt2, metal alkyls have been of considerable interest. The scope of relevant problems is immense, ranging fromtheoretical or struc-tural studies to organic or biological chemistry. Sev-eral compounds, especially the electron-deficient al-kyls such as (LiMe) 4,(BeMe2U, and (AlMe3) 2, have provided significant examples (along with B2H6) of covalent molecules in which a simple two-electron two-center bonding model is demonstrably inadequate. Many derivatives have a key role as synthetic reagents, notably the Grignards and alkyls of Li, Zn, Hg, Al, Sn, and Cu. Transition metal alkyls are vital intermediates in metal-catalyzed reactions of olefins or acetylenes, some of which are important inpetro-chemical, polymer, or heavy organic chemical indus-try, eg, alkyls of Ti in Ziegler-Natta polymerizations and of Co in hydroformylation usingCo2 (CO) 3. Several main group metal alkyls have large tonnage industrial use: PbEt4 as an antiknock gasoline additive; SnIV compounds as stabilizers for poly (vinyl chloride) and as fungicides or germicides; silicones as rubbers, resins, or paper and textile finishes; and A1 derivatives in the manufacture of isoprene or longchain alcohols. Vitamin B12 coenzyme provides a unique example of a naturally occurring metal alkyl, and fission ofits Com-C bond is implicated in the biologically important enzymatic isomerization reac-tions which it controls.