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Janus‐Faced Aluminum: A Demonstration of Unique Lewis Acid and Lewis Base Behavior of the Aluminum Atom in [LAlB(C 6 F 5 ) 3 ]
Author(s) -
Yang Zhi,
Ma Xiaoli,
Oswald Rainer B.,
Roesky Herbert W.,
Zhu Hongping,
Schulzke Carola,
Starke Kerstin,
Baldus Marc,
Schmidt HansGeorg,
Noltemeyer Mathias
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200502251
Subject(s) - lewis acids and bases , aluminium , janus , chemistry , atom (system on chip) , ab initio , crystallography , base (topology) , character (mathematics) , ab initio quantum chemistry methods , computational chemistry , catalysis , nanotechnology , materials science , molecule , organic chemistry , geometry , computer science , mathematics , embedded system , mathematical analysis
Some elements go both ways : The reaction of [LAl] (L=HC(CMeNAr) 2 , Ar=2,6‐ i Pr 2 C 6 H 3 ) with BAr F 3 (Ar F =C 6 F 5 ) yields [LAlBAr F 3 ] (see scheme). Crystallographic studies and ab initio calculations show the formation of an AlF bond, which shows the aluminum center having both Lewis base and Lewis acid character.