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Stepwise reduction of a base-stabilised ferrocenyl aluminium(iii) dihalide for the synthesis of structurally-diverse dialane species

Dhara, Debabrata, Fantuzzi, Felipe, Härterich, Marcel, Dewhurst, Rian D., Krummenacher, Ivo, Arrowsmith, Merle, Pranckevicius, Conor, Braunschweig, Holger (2022) Stepwise reduction of a base-stabilised ferrocenyl aluminium(iii) dihalide for the synthesis of structurally-diverse dialane species. Chemical Science, 13 (33). pp. 9693-9700. ISSN 2041-6539. (doi:10.1039/D2SC02783F) (KAR id:96276)

Abstract

We report the reduction of bulky ferrocenyl-based NHC-stabilised aluminium(III) diiodide [Fc*(NHC)AlI2] (Fc* = 2,5-bis(3,5-di-tert-butylphenyl)-1-ferrocenyl) in different hydrocarbon solvents (hexane, benzene, toluene, and p-xylene), which results in different outcomes. Reduction in hexane with an equivalent amount of KC8 generates the diiododialane [(Fc*(NHC)AlI)2], whereas complete reduction in hexane leads to an unusual C–H activation at an N–Me group of one NHC unit. In contrast, reaction in aromatic solvents result in hitherto unknown Birch-type reductions of the corresponding solvent molecules by transient aluminium radicals of the type [LAlR2]˙, which is ultimately bound to two aluminium centers.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1039/D2SC02783F
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Uncontrolled keywords: General Chemistry
Subjects: Q Science > QD Chemistry
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Chemistry and Forensics
Funders: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (https://ror.org/018mejw64)
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (https://ror.org/012kf4317)
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Date Deposited: 26 Aug 2022 14:47 UTC
Last Modified: 04 Mar 2024 16:48 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/96276 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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