[{MeAl(μ2-F)}2N(2,6-iPr2C6H3)]4— A Molecular Al-F-N Cage Compound

Helge Wessel, Hyung-Suh Park, Péter Müller, Herbert W. Roesky, Isabel Usón

Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 1999 · 14 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

In a two-step elimination reaction the molecular Al-F-N cage compound 1 is synthesized from (2,6-iPr2C6H3)NH2 (ArNH2) and Me2AlF under methane evolution. Compound 1 was characterized by means of X-ray structure analysis and can be regarded as a precursor for ternary Al-F-N systems.