Use of chelating diphosphines to prepare new phosphido clusters of aluminum and gallium

David A. Atwood, Alan H. Cowley, Richard A. Jones, Ronald J. Powell, Christine M. Nunn

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Abstract

Novel phosphido cluster complexes of formula (Me2M)4(μ-(1,2-PR)2C6H 4)2 (M = Al, R = Me (1); M = Ga, R = t-Bu (2)) result when the chelating diphosphine ligand 1,2-bis(alkylphosphino)benzene is mixed with trialkylaluminum and -gallium reagents. When the potentially chelating ligand 1,2-bis(tert-butylphosphino)-ethane is mixed with 2 equiv of AlMe3 under the same conditions, the secondary phosphine bis-adduct complex Me3Al·PH(t-Bu)CH2CH 2(t-Bu)HP·AlMe3 (3) is formed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2657-2659
Number of pages3
JournalOrganometallics
Volume15
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - May 28 1996

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry

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