Heavier element-containing aromatics of [4 n+ 2]-electron systems

K Ota, R Kinjo - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
While the implication of the aromaticity concept has been dramatically expanded to date
since its emergence in 1865, the classical [4n+ 2]/4n-electron counting protocol still plays an …

Experimental Realisation of Elusive Multiple‐Bonded Aluminium Compounds: A New Horizon in Aluminium Chemistry

P Bag, C Weetman, S Inoue - … Chemie International Edition, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The synthesis and isolation of stable main group compounds featuring multiple bonds has
been of great interest for several decades. A plethora of such multiply bonded complexes …

Reversible dissociation of a dialumene

RL Falconer, KM Byrne, GS Nichol… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Dialumenes are neutral AlI compounds with Al= Al multiple bonds. We report the isolation of
an amidophosphine‐supported dialumene. Our X‐ray crystallographic, spectroscopic, and …

Monomeric Cp 3t Al (I): synthesis, reactivity, and the concept of valence isomerism

A Hofmann, T Tröster, T Kupfer, H Braunschweig - Chemical science, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
With the isolation of Cp3tAl (1), the first monomeric Cp-based Al (I) species could be realized
in a pure form via a three-step reaction sequence (salt elimination/adduct formation/adduct …

Dialumination of unsaturated species with a reactive bis (cyclopentadienyl) dialane

A Hofmann, A Lamprecht… - Chemical …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
A new bis (cyclopentadienyl) dialane is prepared, which shows controlled, selective
dialumination reactions with a conventional alkyne, an electron-rich alkyne, and an azide …

Chelated Diborenes and Their Inverse‐Electron‐Demand Diels–Alder Reactions with Dienes

TE Stennett, JD Mattock, L Pentecost… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A doubly base‐stabilised diborane based on a benzylphosphine linker was prepared by a
salt elimination reaction between 2‐LiC6H4CH2PCy2⋅ Et2O and B2Br4. This compound …

Activation of dihydrogen by masked doubly bonded aluminum species

K Nagata, T Murosaki, T Agou, T Sasamori… - Angewandte …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Activation of dihydrogen by masked dialumenes (Al= Al doubly bonded species) is reported.
Reactions of barrelene‐type dialumanes, which have the reactivity as masked equivalents of …

Recent developments and applications of Lewis acidic boron reagents

JR Lawson, RL Melen - 2017 - books.rsc.org
One field of organometallic chemistry that has seen great advancements over the last 20
years is that of main-group chemistry, in particular boron chemistry, that has led to a wealth …

An open route to asymmetric substituted Al–Al bonds using Al (I)-and Al (III)-precursors

B Li, S Kundu, H Zhu, H Keil, R Herbst-Irmer… - Chemical …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The reaction of LAl:(L= HC [C (Me) N (Ar)] 2, Ar= 2, 6-iPr2C6H3) and cAAC:→ AlX3 (X= Cl,
I)(cAAC= cyclic alkyl amino carbene) results in strikingly asymmetric Al (II)–Al (II) compounds …

Reactions of Digallanes with p‐ and d‐Block Lewis Bases: Adducts, Bis(gallyl) Complexes, and Naked Ga+ as Ligand

JK Schuster, JH Muessig, RD Dewhurst… - … A European Journal, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A range of double carbene adducts of digallanes (4) are prepared from an existing double
digallane adduct, and their halides are subsequently exchanged, establishing the feasibility …