名称:
Synthesis and protonolysis of neutral aluminum dihydride compounds stabilized by tridentate-substituted pyrrolyl ligands: Synthesis, structural characterization and ring-opening polymerization of ɛ-caprolactone
摘要:
A series of aluminum compounds containing tridentate pyrrolyl ligands were obtained from related aluminum dihydride compounds via protonolysis. Treatment of tetranuclear aluminum compound [C4H2N{2,5-(CH2NMe2)(2)}Al2H5](2) (1) with two equivalents of [C4H3N{2,5-(CH2NMe2)(2)}] in methylene chloride at 0 degrees C led to the formation of [C4H2N{2,5-(CH2NMe2)(2)}]AlH2 (2). Similarly, when the deuterated aluminum compound 1D was used, the corresponding aluminum compound [C4H2N{2,5-(CH2NMe2)(2)}]AlD2 (2D) could be isolated. The reaction of 2 with one or two equivalents of phenylethyne, triphenylmethanethiol, 2,6-diisopropylaniline, or triphenylsilanol generated mononuclear aluminum compounds [[C4H2N{2,5-(CH2NMe2)(2)}]AlRR' (3, R = -C CPh, R' = H; 4, R = R' = -C CPh; 5, R = -SCPh3, R' = H; 6, R = R' = -SCPh3; 7, R = -NH(2,6-(Pr2Ph)-Pr-i), R' = H; 8, R = R' = -NH(2,6-(Pr2Ph)-Pr-i); 9, R = -OSiPh3, R' = H; 10, R = R' = -OSiPh3). Related Al-D compounds of 3, 5, 7 and 9 were also synthesized and corresponding IR spectroscopic data well matched in comparison of the stretching frequencies of Al-H and Al-D. The molecular structures of 2D, 4, 5, 5D, 7, and 10 have been determined by X-ray crystallography. Compounds 2, 5, and 7 initiated the ring-opening polymerization of epsilon-caprolactone and produced high-molecular weight of poly-epsilon-caprolactone. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.