Structural similarity in a series of alkali metal aluminates with heteroleptic tert-butoxide–isobutyl ligand sets

Whitelaw, Michael T. and Kennedy, Alan R. and Mulvey, Robert E. (2020) Structural similarity in a series of alkali metal aluminates with heteroleptic tert-butoxide–isobutyl ligand sets. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2020 (30). pp. 2912-2918. ISSN 1434-1948 (https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.202000434)

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Abstract

With the aim of increasing the number of well-defined alkali metal aluminates, six new crystalline examples containing heteroleptic tert-butoxide – isobutyl ligand sets are reported. NMR spectroscopic studies in C 6D 6 solution have determined their common general formula [(iBu) 2Al(OtBu) 2AM·(D)], where AM = Li, D = 2 THF, TMEDA or PMDETA; AM = Na, D = TMEDA or PMDETA; and AM = K, D = PMDETA. X-ray crystallographic studies show that despite the different sized alkali metals involved all six complexes adopt a common dinuclear motif with [AlO(AM)O] ring cores. Though Al–OtBu–Li linkages are common, the heavier alkali metal examples reported here are exceptionally rare. These structures could be interpreted as co-complexes between monomeric forms of tBuO(AM) and (iBu) 2Al(OtBu).

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Whitelaw, Michael T., Kennedy, Alan R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3652-6015 and Mulvey, Robert E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1015-2564;
  • Item type:Article
    ID code:72613
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    16 August 2020
    Published
    4 June 2020
    Published Online
    3 June 2020
    Accepted
    Keywords:alkali metals, aluminium, ate compounds, heterobimetallics, solid state structures, Chemistry, Chemistry(all)
    Subjects:Science > Chemistry
    Department:Faculty of Science > Pure and Applied Chemistry
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:08 Jun 2020 15:23
    Last modified:24 Jan 2023 02:45
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/72613
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