ISSN:
1434-1948
Keywords:
Aluminium
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Chelates
;
Lewis acids
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Chemistry
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General Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Sodium nitrite (NaNO2) dissolves readily in THF, when the methylene-bridged dialuminium compound R2Al-CH2-AlR2 [R = CH(SiMe3)2] 1 with two coordinatively unsaturated aluminium atoms is added. Compound 1 reacts as a chelating Lewis acid, and, as shown by a crystal structure deter-mination of the [Na([18]crown-6)(Et2O)]+ derivative 5c, a compound (5) is formed, in which one oxygen atom and the nitrogen atom of the nitrite ion are each coordinated by one aluminium atom to form a five-membered Al2CNO hetero-cycle. The second oxygen atom of the nitrite anion is not affected. Similarly, lithium nitrate (LiNO3) reacts with 1 to yield a THF soluble product (6a). Single crystals were obtain-ed of the [Li(N,N′,N′′-trimethyltriazinane)2]+ derivative 6c, whose structure shows each aluminium atom to be coordinated by one oxygen atom of the nitrate ion to give a six-membered Al2CNO2 heterocycle.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
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