Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw Technical University (Politechnika), Koszykowa 75, 00-662 Warsaw Poland
Abstract:
The reactions of dialkylaluminium acetylacetonates, R2Al(acac),(where R = CH3, C2H5 and i-C4H9; I–III) with Lewis bases Et2O, THF, Py, 2,6-dimethylpyridine (DMP), DSMO and HMPT, have been studied. The reaction was found to proceed according to the equation: With strong bases (B) the reaction is shifted completely to the right, with bases of moderate strength an equilibrium is established and with weak bases the reaction is shifted completely to the left. The reaction rate constant k1 depends on R and increases in the order i-C4H9 < C2H5 < CH3. The reaction starts from the formation of the complex R2Al(acac)-B (consisting of a five-coordinated aluminium atom) and its further dissociation. The reaction mechanism is discussed.