Divergent reduction chemistry of NHC-aluminium(III) hydrides

Fáinché Murphy; Alan R. Kennedy; Catherine E. Weetman

doi:10.1039/D5DT00379B

Divergent reduction chemistry of NHC-aluminium(III) hydrides

Fáinché Murphy, Alan R. Kennedy, Catherine E. Weetman^*

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Pure And Applied Chemistry

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Abstract

Understanding and controlling facile reduction chemistry is a key challenge in molecular main group chemistry. Herein, we report the divergent reduction chemistry of aluminium(III) hydrides supported by N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs). Choice of reducing agent and NHC ligand are key, with Al(II) dialanes, Al(II) cations, asymmetric Al(II) dialanes and ligand exchange reactions all identified via NMR and single crystal X-ray diffraction.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	6038-6042
Number of pages	5
Journal	Dalton Transactions
Volume	54
Issue number	15
Early online date	26 Mar 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/D5DT00379B
Publication status	Published - 21 Apr 2025

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facile reduction chemistry
molecular main group chemistry
aluminium(III) hydrides
N-heterocyclic carbenes

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