Issue 35, 2016

Ligand coordination modulates reductive elimination from aluminium(iii)

Abstract

Oxidative addition of inert bonds at low-valent main-group centres is becoming a major class of reactivity for these species. The reverse reaction, reductive elimination, is possible in some cases but far rarer. Here, we present a mechanistic study of reductive elimination from Al(III) centres and unravel ligand effects in this process. Experimentally determined activation and thermodynamic parameters for the reductive elimination of Cp*H from Cp*2AlH are reported, and this reaction is found to be inhibited by the addition of Lewis bases. We find that C–H oxidative addition at Al(I) centres proceeds by initial protonation at the low-valent centre.

Graphical abstract: Ligand coordination modulates reductive elimination from aluminium(iii)

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Article type
Communication
Submitted
08 Jul 2016
Accepted
04 Aug 2016
First published
04 Aug 2016
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Dalton Trans., 2016,45, 13695-13699

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Ligand coordination modulates reductive elimination from aluminium(III)

S. J. Urwin, D. M. Rogers, G. S. Nichol and M. J. Cowley, Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 13695 DOI: 10.1039/C6DT02698B

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