The [2 + 4] Diels-Alder cycloadditon product of a probable dialuminene, Ar'AlAlAr' (Ar' = C(6)H(3)- 2,6-dipp(2); dipp = C(6)H(3)-2,6-Pr(i)(2)), with toluene.
Reduction of Ar'AlI2 (Ar' = Ar'= C6H3-2,6-Dipp2; Dipp = C6H3-2,6-Pri2) with KC8 in diethyl ether most probably affords the first "dialuminene", Ar'AlAlAr'; it was characterized by its reaction with toluene which yielded a [2 + 4] cycloaddition product incorporating the Ar'AlAlAr' unit.
Wright
Robert J
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Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA.
Phillips
Andrew D
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Power
Philip P
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