C-H-Activated aluminum hydroxide via molecular oxygen

Xiaofei Li; Haibin Song; Lili Duan; Chunming Cui; Herbert W Roesky

doi:10.1021/ic0600230

C-H-Activated aluminum hydroxide via molecular oxygen

Inorg Chem. 2006 Mar 6;45(5):1912-4. doi: 10.1021/ic0600230.

Authors

Xiaofei Li¹, Haibin Song, Lili Duan, Chunming Cui, Herbert W Roesky

Affiliation

¹ State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, People's Republic of China.

PMID: 16499351
DOI: 10.1021/ic0600230

Abstract

The reaction of LAl[eta2-(C2(SiMe3)2)] (1; L = HC[(CMe)(NDipp)]2, Dipp = 2,6-iPr2C6H3) with dioxygen leads to the elimination of bis(trimethylsilyl)acetylene and the formation of the corresponding aluminum monohydroxide via the oxidation of one of the CHMe2 groups on the Dipp ring.