873297-05-3Relevant articles and documents
Janus-faced aluminum: A demonstration of unique lewis acid and lewis base behavior of the aluminum atom in [LAlB(C6F5)3]
Yang, Zhi,Ma, Xiaoli,Oswald, Rainer B.,Roesky, Herbert W.,Zhu, Hongping,Schulzke, Carola,Starke, Kerstin,Baldus, Marc,Schmidt, Hans-Georg,Noltemeyer, Mathias
, p. 7072 - 7074 (2005)
(Chemical Equation Presented) Some elements go both ways: The reaction of [LAl] (L=HC(CMeNAr)2, Ar = 2,6-iPr2C6H 3) with BArF3 (ArF = C 6F5) yields [LAlBArF3] (see scheme). Crystallographic studies and ab initio calculations show the formation of an Al-F bond, which shows the aluminum center having both Lewis base and Lewis acid character.