title: Synthesis and catalytic application of aluminium anilido-pyrazolate complexes.
abstract: A series of aluminium complexes containing anilido-pyrazolate ligands is described. Reactions of four anilido-pyrazolate ligand precursors, HNPhPz, HNPhTriMePz, HNPhOMePz, or HNPhSMePz [HNPhPz = ortho-C6H4(NH-phenyl)(1-pyrazole); HNPhTriMePz = ortho-C6H4(NH-2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)(1-pyrazole); HNPhOMePz = ortho-C6H4(NH-2-methoxyphenyl)(1-pyrazole); HNPhSMePz = ortho-C6H4(NH-2-methylthiophenyl)(1-pyrazole)], with one molar equivalent of AlMe3 in toluene give the aluminium dimethyl complexes, (NArPz)AlMe2 [Ar = phenyl, (NPhPz)AlMe2 (1); Ar = 2,4,6-trimethylphenyl, (NPhTriMePz)AlMe2 (2); Ar = 2-methoxyphenyl, (NPhOMePz)AlMe2 (3); Ar = 2-methylthiophenyl, (NPhSMePz)AlMe2 (4)], respectively. The molecular structures are reported for compounds 1 and 3. Their catalytic activities toward the ring opening polymerisation reaction of -caprolactone in the presence of BnOH are also under investigation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 402, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Kuo-Fu
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Chi-Tien
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000535:Aluminum / Q000737:chemistry*; D000813:Anilides / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D008024:Ligands; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D011720:Pyrazoles / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000813:Anilides; D008024:Ligands; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D011720:Pyrazoles; C031280:pyrazole; D000535:Aluminum