Synthesis, characterization, and computational analysis of the dialanate dianion, [H3Al-AlH3]2− : a valence isoelectronic analogue of ethane
Date
10/07/2017Metadata
Show full item recordAbstract
The first example of a well-defined binary, low-oxidation-state aluminum hydride species that is stable at ambient temperature, namely the dianion in [{(DepNacnac)Mg}2(μ-H)]2[H3Al-AlH3] (DepNacnac=[(DepNCMe)2CH]−, Dep=2,6-diethylphenyl), has been prepared via a magnesium(I) reduction of the alanate complex, (DepNacnac)Mg(μ-H)3AlH(NEt3). An X-ray crystallographic analysis has shown the compound to be a contact ion complex, which computational studies have revealed to be the source of the stability of the aluminum(II) dianion.
Citation
Bonyhady , S J , Holzmann , N , Frenking , G , Stasch , A & Jones , C 2017 , ' Synthesis, characterization, and computational analysis of the dialanate dianion, [H 3 Al-AlH 3 ] 2− : a valence isoelectronic analogue of ethane ' , Angewandte Chemie International Edition , vol. 56 , no. 29 , pp. 8527-8531 . https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201610601
Publication
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
1521-3773Type
Journal article
Description
C.J. and A.S. gratefully acknowledge financial support from the Australian Research Council, while C.J. thanks the U.S. Air Force Asian Office of Aerospace Research and Development (FA2386-14-1-4043) for funding. G.F. acknowledges financial support from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.Collections
Items in the St Andrews Research Repository are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.