The chemistry of aluminum(I) with β-diketiminate ligands and pentamethylcyclopentadienyl-substituents: Synthesis, reactivity and applications

In the last two decades, tremendous progress has been made towards the development of compounds with s- and p-block elements. β-Diketiminate ligands have been widely used in coordination chemistry due to their versatile tunability in both electronic and steric properties. Aluminum complexes stabilized by β-diketiminate ligands have been widely explored in stoichiometric studies to activate small molecules. This review article highlights the recent progress of aluminum complexes supported by β-diketiminate ligands and Cp^∗(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl) substituents with univalent aluminum as reagents as well as aluminum hydrides in reactions.