Om. Kekia et al., Synthesis and molecular structural studies of a series of orthometalated dimers [RAlN(t-Bu)-mu-(CH2C6H4)](2), where R = Me, Et, n-Pr, n-Bu, i-Bu, ORGANOMETAL, 20(3), 2001, pp. 582-585
The orthometalated aluminum-nitrogen dimer series [RAlN (t-Bu)-mu-(CH2C6H4)
](2) (R = Me, 1; Et, 2; n-Pr, 3; n-Bu, 4; i-Bu, 5) was synthesized by therm
olysis of 1:1 mixtures of R3Al with HN(t-Bu)CH2Ph. The reaction times and t
emperatures required for ortho-metalation, the molecular structural data, a
nd the IH and C-13 NMR spectral parameters of the dimers are compared with
the reported data for the series [RAlN-(CH2Ph)-mu-(CH2C6H4)](2).