Some tetrahydroborate derivatives of aluminium: crystal structures of dimethylaluminium tetrahydroborate and the α and β phases of aluminium tris(tetrahydroborate) at low temperature
摘要:
The structures of several aluminium tetrahydroborates have been
investigated, primarily by X-ray diffraction of single crystals at low
temperatures. The structure of dimethylaluminium tetrahydroborate has
been shown to consist of helical polymeric chains in which
Me
2
Al and BH
4
units alternate. The BH
4
groups exhibit bidentate ligation with respect to each of the adjacent
metal atoms in a manner reminiscent of [MeZnBH
4
] and
Be(BH
4
)
2
. Solid aluminium tris(tetrahydroborate)
exists in two phases with a transition temperature in the range
180â195 K. Each phase is made up of discrete
Al(BH
4
)
3
units in which the angle between
AlB
2
and Al(µ-H)
2
B planes is close to 90°
and which conform within the limits of experimental error to
D
3h
symmetry; in the α phase these
molecular units are disposed around a 2
1
crystallographic
screw axis.