title: Bulky bisphenol ligand-supported aluminum-sodium inverse crown ether complex.
abstract: A mixed aluminum-sodium phenolate ring compound with an oxo core has been synthesized and crystallographically characterized as a new inverse crown ether complex, together with some of its precursors. The experimental results showed that the Al-Na inverse crown ether can be obtained from two different approaches: (1) hydrolysis of [(EDBP)Al(CH(3))(2)Na(THF)(2)] (1), followed by condensation with [(EDBP)Al(CH(3))(mu(2)-OH)Na(THF)(3)] (2); (2) fast redox reaction by oxidation of a methyl group on complex 1 and reduction of molecular oxygen to oxide.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province, State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, People's Republic of China. wujc@lzu.edu.cn
authors.forename: Jincai
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Xiaobo
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Ning
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Chu-Chieh
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000535:Aluminum / Q000737:chemistry*; D043844:Crown Ethers / Q000737:chemistry*; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D008024:Ligands; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010636:Phenols / Q000737:chemistry*; D012964:Sodium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D043844:Crown Ethers; D008024:Ligands; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D010636:Phenols; D012964:Sodium; D000535:Aluminum