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The Aluminyl Anion : A New Generation of Aluminium Nucleophile
Jamie HicksPetra VaskoJose M. GoicoecheaSimon Aldridgesubject
chemistry.chemical_elementElectronic structureorganometalliyhdisteet010402 general chemistryreaktiivisuus01 natural sciencesCatalysisMetalmain groupNucleophileAluminiumnucleophile organometallicReactivity (chemistry)Lewis acids and basesalumiini010405 organic chemistryaluminiumGeneral MedicineGeneral ChemistrykompleksiyhdisteetCombinatorial chemistry0104 chemical scienceschemistryReagentvisual_artElectrophilevisual_art.visual_art_mediumaluminylalumiiniyhdisteetdescription
Trivalent aluminium compounds are well known for their reactivity as Lewis acids/electrophiles, a feature that is exploited in many pharmaceutical, industrial and laboratory-based reactions. Recently, a series of isolable aluminium(I) anions ('aluminyls') have been reported, which offer an alternative to this textbook description: these reagents behave as aluminium nucleophiles. This minireview covers the synthesis, structure and reactivity of aluminyl species reported to date, together with their associated metal complexes. The frontier orbitals of each of these species have been investigated using a common methodology to allow for a like-for-like comparison of their electronic structure and a means of rationalising (sometimes unprecedented) patterns of reactivity. peerReviewed
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-08-18 |