title: Transmetallation between metal-only Lewis pairs: a new rhodium alane complex.
abstract: In this communication, synthesis of a rhodium alane Lewis adduct, [Cp(Me(3)P)(2)Rh→AlCl(3)], is reported. Given that direct synthesis using aluminium trichloride failed, a convenient transmetallation reaction was applied. The new MOLP was analysed by single crystal X-ray diffraction, multinuclear NMR spectroscopy and density functional theory calculations.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.forename: Holger
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Braunschweig
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Radacki
mesh_terms: D000077410:Aluminum Chloride; D017607:Aluminum Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D002712:Chlorides / Q000737:chemistry*; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D011789:Quantum Theory; D012238:Rhodium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D017607:Aluminum Compounds; D002712:Chlorides; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D000077410:Aluminum Chloride; D012238:Rhodium