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N‐Heterocyclic Carbene Adducts of Aluminium Triiodide
Author(s) -
Ghadwal Rajendra S.,
Roesky Herbert W.,
HerbstIrmer Regine,
Jones Peter G.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.354
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1521-3749
pISSN - 0044-2313
DOI - 10.1002/zaac.200801350
Subject(s) - carbene , adduct , chemistry , triiodide , imes , medicinal chemistry , aluminium , single crystal , organic chemistry , crystallography , catalysis , electrode , dye sensitized solar cell , electrolyte
N‐Heterocyclic carbene adducts of aluminium triiodide, IMes · AlI 3 ( 1 ) and IPr · AlI 3 ( 2 ) (IMes = 1,3‐bis(2,4,6‐trimethylphenyl)imidazol‐2‐ylidene and IPr = 1,3‐bis(2,6‐diisopropylphenyl)imidazol‐2‐ylidene) are reported. These adducts are available by the reaction of aluminium triiodide with the correspondingN‐heterocyclic carbene. Compounds 1 and 2 are soluble in hydrocarbon solvents, stable in inert atmosphere, and have been characterised by elemental analysis, NMR spectroscopy and single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction studies.