title: Metal-alane adducts with zero-valent nickel, cobalt, and iron.
abstract: Coordination complexes that pair a zero-valent transition metal (Ni, Co, Fe) and an aluminum(III) center have been prepared. They add to the few examples of structurally characterized metal alanes and are the first reported metallalumatranes. To understand the M-Al interaction and gauge the effect of varying the late metal, the complexes were characterized by X-ray crystallography, electrochemistry, UV-Vis-NIR and NMR spectroscopies, and theoretical calculations. The M-Al bond strength decreases with varying M in the order Ni > Co > Fe.
authors: Department of Chemistry and Supercomputing Institute, University of Minnesota, 207 Pleasant Street SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.
authors: P Alex
authors: PA
authors: Rudd
authors: Shengsi
authors: S
authors: Liu
authors: Laura
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authors: Gagliardi
authors: Victor G
authors: VG
authors: Young
authors: Connie C
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