Heavier alkali-metal gallates as platforms for accessing functionalized abnormal NHC carbene-gallium complexes

Marina Uzelac, Alan R. Kennedy, Alberto Hernán-Gómez, M. Ángeles Fuentes, Eva Hevia

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Abstract

By sequentially treating the unsaturated carbene IPr (IPr = 1,3-bis-(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)imidazol-2-ylidene) with heavier alkali-metal alkyls NaR or KR (R = CH2SiMe3) and GaR3, novel heteroleptic gallates 1 and 2 have been prepared. Incorporating anionic NHC ligands, these bimetallic complexes react selectively with electrophilles to afford neutral abnormal NHC Ga complexes under mild conditions.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1241-1244
Number of pages4
JournalZeitschrift fur Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie
Volume642
Issue number22
Early online date28 Sept 2016
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 16 Nov 2016

Keywords

  • gallium
  • sodium
  • potassium
  • carbene ligands
  • coordination chemistry
  • N-heterocyclic carbenes
  • metallating ability
  • alkali-metal alkyls

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