title: New Routes to Synthetically Useful, Sterically Encumbered Arylaluminum Halides and Hydride Halides.
abstract: The synthesis and structural characterization of the compounds MesAlCl(2)(THF) (1), MesAlCl(2) (2), MesAl(H)Cl(THF) (3a), MesAl(H)Cl (4a), and (MesAlH(2))(2) (5) (Mes = 2,4,6-t-Bu(3)C(6)H(2)(-)) are described as well as those for two compounds 3b and 4b that are analogs of 3a and 4a but have H:Cl ratios that are less than 1:1. All compounds were characterized by (1)H, (13)C NMR, and IR spectroscopy, and 1, 2, 3a, and 4b were additionally characterized by X-ray crystallography. Compound 1 is best synthesized by the reaction of [(THF)(2)LiH(3)AlMes](2) (6) with 6 equiv of Me(3)SiCl. A more conventional route involving the addition of (THF)(2)LiMes to 2 equiv of AlCl(3) in toluene usually affords a mixture of 1 and AlCl(3).THF. Recrystallization of 1 from n-hexane results in a species that has less than 1 equiv of THF per MesAlCl(2). The THF free complex 2 may be obtained in quantitative yield by heating 1 for 20 min at 90 degrees C under reduced pressure. Compound 3a may be obtained by treating a 1:1 mixture of MesLi(THF)(2) and LiAlH(4) with 2 equiv of Me(3)SiCl or by the addition of slightly less than 4 equiv of Me(3)SiCl to 6. The THF can be removed from 3a by sublimation to give 4a. The related compounds 3b and 4b, which display an aluminum-bound H:Cl ratio that is deficient in H, can be obtained by reactions with slightly more than 2 equiv of Me(3)SiCl. Crystal data at 130 K with Cu Kalpha (lambda = 1.541 78 Å) radiation: 1, C(22)H(37)AlCl(2)O, a = 11.889(3) Å, b = 9.992(3) Å, c = 19.704(5) Å, orthorhombic, space group Pca2(1), Z = 4, R = 0.068 for 1556 (I > 2sigma(I)) data; 2, C(18)H(29)AlCl(2), a = 12.147(5) Å, b = 18.042(6) Å, c = 17.771(7) Å, beta = 95.77(3) degrees, monoclinic, space group P2(1)/n,Z = 8, R = 0.032 for 4610 (I > 2sigma(I)) data; 3a, C(22)H(38)AlClO, a = 16.887(7) Å, b = 16.333(6) Å, c = 8.739(3) Å, beta = 101.41(3) degrees, monoclinic, space group P2(1)/c, Z = 4, R = 0.073 for 2752 (I > 2sigma(I)) data; 4b, C(18)H(29.64)AlCl(1.36), a = 12.077(3) Å, b = 17.920(3) Å, c = 17.634(5) Å; beta = 95.21(2) Å, monoclinic, space group P2(1)/n,Z = 8, R = 0.070 for 4261 (I > 2sigma(I)) data.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, California 95616.
authors.forename: Rudolf J.
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Wehmschulte
authors.forename: Philip P.
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Power