[(CH₃ )Al(CH₂ )]₁₂ : Methylaluminomethylene (MAM-12).

ABSTRACT: The molecular structure of enigmatic "poly(aluminium-methyl-methylene)" (first reported in 1968) has been unraveled in a transmetalation reaction with gallium methylene [Ga₈ (CH₂ )₁₂ ] and AlMe₃ . The existence of cage-like methylaluminomethylene moieties was initially suggested by the reaction of rare-earth-metallocene complex [Cp*₂ Lu{(μ-Me)₂ AlMe₂ }] with excess AlMe₃ affording the deca-aluminium cluster [Cp*₄ Lu₂ (μ₃ -CH₂ )₁₂ Al₁₀ (CH₃ )₈ ] in low yield (Cp*=C₅ Me₅ ). Treatment of [Ga₈ (CH₂ )₁₂ ] with excess AlMe₃ reproducibly gave the crystalline

SUBMITTER: Spiridopoulos G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9544092 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature