Hydride-bromide exchange at an NHC-a new route to brominated alanes and gallanes

Sean G Alexander; Marcus L Cole; Samantha K Furfari; Marc Kloth

doi:10.1039/b821367d

Hydride-bromide exchange at an NHC-a new route to brominated alanes and gallanes

Dalton Trans. 2009 Apr 28:(16):2909-11. doi: 10.1039/b821367d. Epub 2009 Feb 18.

Authors

Sean G Alexander¹, Marcus L Cole, Samantha K Furfari, Marc Kloth

Affiliation

¹ School of Chemistry and Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia.

PMID: 19352516
DOI: 10.1039/b821367d

Abstract

The reaction of [MH(3)(Quinuclidine)] (M = Al or Ga) with an air stable dibrominated N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) affords the hydride-bromide exchange product [MBr(2)H(NHC)].