Mechanochemical Synthesis of [1,3-(SiMe3)2C3H3]3(Al,Sc), a Base-Free Tris(allyl)aluminum Complex and Its Scandium Analogue
Mechanochemical Synthesis of [1,3-(SiMe3)2C3H3]3(Al,Sc), a Base-Free Tris(allyl)aluminum Complex and Its Scandium Analogue
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无碱三(烯丙基)铝配合物[1,3-(SiMe3)2C3H3]3(Al,Sc)及其钪类似物的机械化学合成
DOI:
10.1021/om5009204
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发表时间:
2014
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影响因子:
2.8
通讯作者:
A. Rheingold
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作者:
Nicholas R. Rightmire;T. Hanusa;A. Rheingold
Unsolvated tris(allyl)aluminum, (C3H5)3Al, has never been isolated, although adducts with THF, OPPh3, and pyridine are known. Attempts to make a base-free derivative with the bulky 1,3-bis(trimethylsilyl)allyl anion (A′) from the reaction of aluminum halides and K[A′] in ethers or by deprotonation of HA′ with R3Al (R = Me, Et) were not successful. However, grinding AlX3 and K[A′] in the solid state, followed by extraction of the mixture with hexanes, produces A′3Al in high yield. A single-crystal X-ray structure demonstrated that the monomeric molecule contains σ-bonded allyl ligands (average Al–C 1.964(3) A) and, like the known gallium analogue, is fluxional in solution. A DFT study of the parent (C3H5)3Al indicates that the ligands would be of mixed hapticity, i.e., (η1-C3H5)2(η3-C3H5)Al, although the trimethylsilylated ligands evidently prevent that conformation in A′3Al. A′3Al reacts immediately with benzophenone in hexanes to produce Al(OCPh2A′)3 but negligibly with the bulky alcohol HOCPh3. Grinding...