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Cover Feature: A Novel Reactivity of Phosphanylalumane (>P−Al<): Reversible Addition of a Saturated Interelement Bond to Olefins (Chem. Eur. J. 44/2021)
Author(s) -
Yanagisawa Tatsuya,
Mizuhata Yoshiyuki,
Tokitoh Norihiro
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.202102393
Subject(s) - adduct , reactivity (psychology) , alkene , ethylene , chemistry , vicinal , double bond , medicinal chemistry , ene reaction , polymer chemistry , stereochemistry , photochemistry , organic chemistry , catalysis , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
A P−Al single‐bond species, phosphanylalumane , was found to bind relatively small terminal alkenes (ethylene, propylene, and hex‐1‐ene). Although the ethylene adduct did notundergo any elimination of ethylene even under vacuum conditions, heating the terminal alkene adducts resulted in the release of the corresponding alkenes and regenerated the P−Al bond. Theethylene adduct can work as a new saturated C 2 vicinal P/Al‐based frustrated Lewis pair (FLP), showing characteristic reactivity through the elimination of ethylene. More information can be found in the Communication by Y. Mizuhata, N. Tokitoh, and T. Yanagisawa (DOI: 10.1002/chem.202101649).