Janus-faced aluminum: A demonstration of unique lewis acid and lewis base behavior of the aluminum atom in [LAlB(C6F5)3]

Zhi Yang; Xiaoli Ma; Rainer B. Oswald; Herbert W. Roesky; Hongping Zhu; Carola Schulzke; Kerstin Starke; Marc Baldus; Hans Georg Schmidt; Mathias Noltemeyer

doi:10.1002/anie.200502251

Janus-faced aluminum: A demonstration of unique lewis acid and lewis base behavior of the aluminum atom in [LAlB(C₆F₅)₃]

Zhi Yang^*
, Xiaoli Ma
, Rainer B. Oswald
, Herbert W. Roesky
, Hongping Zhu
, Carola Schulzke
, Kerstin Starke
, Marc Baldus
, Hans Georg Schmidt
, Mathias Noltemeyer

^*Corresponding author for this work

University of Göttingen
Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry (Karl Friedrich Bonhoeffer Institute)

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Abstract

(Chemical Equation Presented) Some elements go both ways: The reaction of [LAl] (L=HC(CMeNAr)₂, Ar = 2,6-iPr₂C₆H ₃) with BAr^F₃ (Ar^F = C ₆F₅) yields [LAlBAr^F₃] (see scheme). Crystallographic studies and ab initio calculations show the formation of an Al-F bond, which shows the aluminum center having both Lewis base and Lewis acid character.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	7072-7074
Number of pages	3
Journal	Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume	44
Issue number	43
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.200502251
Publication status	Published - 3 Nov 2005
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Aluminum
Boron
Fluorine
Lewis acids
Lewis bases

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Janus-faced aluminum: A demonstration of unique lewis acid and lewis base behavior of the aluminum atom in [LAlB(C₆F₅)₃]

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