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Synthesis, characterization, and single crystal structure determination of an oxo-derivative of methylaluminum containing asymmetric carbon

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MAIN GROUP CHEMISTRY, 7 (4): 323-331 (December 2008)
DOI: {10.1080/10241220902811282}

Abstract

Dimeric dimethylaluminum Compound, \Me(2)Almu-OCH(CH(3))CH(2)OCH(3)\(2), was synthesized by the reaction of trimethylaluminum and 1-methoxy-2-propanol, an alkoxyalcohol containing asymmetric carbon, and characterized by (1)H, (13)C, and (27)Al NMR spectroscopy. The 1-methoxy-2-propoxodimethylaluminum, as shown by the single crystal structure determination, exists as a dimer in the solid-state in which the ether alkoxide ligand chelates to the aluminum atom. The solution structure was probed by (1)H, (13)C, and (27)Al NMR spectroscopy and the results showed that the five-coordinate isomer is in equilibrium with the four-coordinate isomer. However, variable-temperature (27)Al NMR spectroscopy showed only the presence of five-coordinate isomer at - 15 degrees C and below.

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