Synthesis and structural comparisons of NHC-alanes

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

doi:10.3390/inorganics11010013

Synthesis and structural comparisons of NHC-alanes

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

Pure And Applied Chemistry

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Abstract

N-heterocyclic Carbenes (NHCs) are widely used in organometallic chemistry. Here, we examine the role of NHCs in the stabilisation of aluminium hydrides, AlH3, also known as alanes. This includes an assessment of the various synthetic strategies, comparisons of structural parameters and theoretical insight. Based on percent buried volume (%Vbur) parameters we report the largest and smallest NHC alanes to date, with noted differences in their observed stability in both the solution and solid state.

Original language	English
Article number	13
Number of pages	11
Journal	Inorganics
Volume	11
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/inorganics11010013
Publication status	Published - 26 Dec 2022

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N-heterocyclic carbenes
aluminium
main group

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