Brønsted and Lewis acid adducts of triazenes

Spectroscopy and crystallographic data show that triazenes are protonated at N1 position.

Synthetic strategies to bicyclic tetraphosphanes using P1, P2and P4building blocks

The syntheses, structures, and bonding properties of bicyclic tetraphosphanes as well as their Lewis acid adducts are discussed.

The Methylene-bridged Dialuminium Compound R2Al-CH2-AlR2 [R=CH(SiMe3)2] as an Effective Chelating Lewis Acid – Adducts with Halides, Perchlorate and Isopropylamide

The new methylene-bridged dialuminium compound Aryl2Al-CH2-AlAryl2 1b was synthesised from Cl2Al-CH2-AlCl2 and four equivalents of LiAryl [Aryl=C6H2(2,4,6-i-Pr)3]. A 1 : 2 stoichiometric ratio of the starting compounds afforded the dimeric aluminium halide (Aryl2AlCl)2 (2) by dismutation. The coordination behaviour of the related, but more easily available dialuminium compound R2Al-CH2-AlR2 [R=CH(SiMe3)2] 1a was explored. It yields the Lewis acid base adducts [M][R2Al-CH2-AlR2(μ-X)] [3a, M=Li(TMEN)2, X=Cl; 3b, M=Li(TMEN)2, X=Br; 3c, M=K(18-crown-6), X=ClO4; 3d, M=Li(TMEN)2, X=NH(i-Pr)] with X residing in a bridging position between the two Al atoms as evident from NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography (3b, 3c, 3d). Compound 3c is a unique example of a stable, in organic solvents soluble adduct that features a ClO4- anion coordinated by an alkylaluminium compound via two of its oxygen atoms.