title: A new weakly coordinating aluminate anion incorporating a chelating perfluoro-bis-anilido ligand.
abstract: The synthesis of the fully fluorinated bis-anilido ligand N,N'-bis-pentafluorophenyl-3,4,5,6-tetrafluorophenylene-1,2-diamine, 1 is described. Reaction of one or two equivalents of 1 with AlMe(3) gives aluminium compounds incorporating one or two ligands, the latter being the protonated form of a new weakly coordinating anion (WCA), 3-H. Alternatively, reaction of 1 with LiAlH(4) yields the lithium salt of this anion, 3-Li, which may be employed as a reagent for preparing the trityl and N,N-dimethylanilinium salts of the aluminate anion. All ion pairs are fully characterized and the use of 3-Ph(3)C to generate titanium-based alkyl cations is also described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4.
authors.forename: Joshua C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Kuangbiao
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Warren E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Piers
authors.forename: Masood
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Parvez
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: McDonald