The aluminyl anion: a new generation of aluminium nucleophile

J Hicks, P Vasko, JM Goicoechea… - Angewandte …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Trivalent aluminium compounds are well known for their reactivity as Lewis
acids/electrophiles, a feature that is exploited in many pharmaceutical, industrial and …

Probing the extremes of covalency in M− Al bonds: lithium and zinc aluminyl compounds

MMD Roy, J Hicks, P Vasko, A Heilmann… - Angewandte …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Synthetic routes to lithium, magnesium, and zinc aluminyl complexes are reported, allowing
for the first structural characterization of an unsupported lithium–aluminium bond …

Reductive Al− B σ‐Bond Formation in Alumaboranes: Facile Scission of Polar Multiple Bonds

Z Güven, L Denker, D Wullschläger… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We present facile access to an alumaborane species with electron precise Al− B σ‐bond.
The reductive rearrangement of 1‐(AlI2), 8‐(BMes2) naphthalene (Mes= 2, 4, 6‐Me3C6H2) …

Heterodiatomic Multiple Bonding in Group 13: A Complex with a Boron–Aluminum π Bond Reduces CO2

A Hofmann, MA Légaré, L Wüst… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Heterodiatomic multiple bonds have never been observed within Group 13. Herein, we
disclose a method that generates [(CAAC) PhB= AlCp3t](1), a complex featuring π bonding …

Seven‐Membered Cyclic Potassium Diamidoalumanyls

RJ Schwamm, MS Hill, HY Liu… - … A European Journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The seven‐membered cyclic potassium alumanyl species,[{SiNMes} AlK] 2 [{SiNMes}={
CH2SiMe2N (Mes)} 2; Mes= 2, 4, 6‐Me3C6H2], which adopts a dimeric structure supported …

A Neutral “Aluminocene” Sandwich Complex: η1‐ versus η5‐Coordination Modes of a Pentaarylborole with ECp* (E=Al, Ga; Cp*=C5Me5)

CP Sindlinger, PN Ruth - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The pentaaryl borole (Ph* C) 4BXylF [Ph*= 3, 5‐tBu2 (C6H3); XylF= 3, 5‐(CF3) 2 (C6H3)]
reacts with low‐valent Group 13 precursors AlCp* and GaCp* by two divergent routes. In the …

Factors Controlling the Aluminum(I)‐meta‐Selective C−H Activation in Arenes

JJ Cabrera‐Trujillo, I Fernández - Chemistry–A European …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The so far poorly understood factors controlling the complete meta‐selectivity observed in
the C− H activation reactions of alkylarenes promoted by aluminyl anions have been …

Reduktive Bildung von Al− B σ‐Bindungen in Alumaboranen: Einfache Spaltung polarer Mehrfachbindungen

Z Güven, L Denker, D Wullschläger… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Es wird ein einfacher Zugang zu einer Alumaboran‐Spezies mit elektronenpräziser Al− B σ‐
Bindung vor‐gestellt. Die reduktive Umlagerung von 1‐(AlI2), 8‐(BMes2)‐Naphthalin (Mes …

Probing the Boundaries between Lewis‐Basic and Redox Behavior of a Parent Borylene

M Arrowsmith, S Endres, M Heinz… - … A European Journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The parent borylene (CAAC)(Me3P) BH, 1 (CAAC= cyclic alkyl (amino) carbene), acts both
as a Lewis base and one‐electron reducing agent towards group 13 trichlorides (ECl3, E …

Heterodiatomare Mehrfachbindung zwischen Elementen der Gruppe 13: Ein Komplex mit B‐Al‐π‐Bindung reduziert CO2

A Hofmann, MA Légaré, L Wüst… - Angewandte …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Verbindungen mit heterodiatomarer Mehrfachbindung zwischen Gruppe‐13‐Elementen
sind bislang unbekannt. In dieser Zuschrift berichten wir über eine Darstellungsmethode von …