β-Diketiminate Aluminum Dihydride is a Valuable Precursor for the Preparation of Acyclic and Cyclic Systems

Treatments of β -diketiminate aluminum dihydride LAlH 2 (L=HC[C(Me)N(Ar)] 2 , Ar=2,6- i Pr 2 C 6 H 3 ) with (2-chlorophenyl)methanol, 2,3-dimethylbutane-2,3-diol, 2,2-dimethylpropane-1,3-diol, 2,2-bis(bromomethyl)propane-1,3-diol, and p -diphenol resulted in the formation of compounds containing the C−O−Al−O−C linkages, including the acyclic LAl[( μ -O)CH 2 ( o -Cl−C 6 H 4 ) 2 ] 2 ( 1 ), the five-membered ring LAl[( μ -O)CMe 2 ] 2 ( 2 ), the six-membered ring LAl[( μ -O)CH 2 ] 2 CMe 2 ( 3 ) and LAl[( μ -O)CH 2 ] 2 C(CH 2 Br) 2 ( 4 ), and the macrocyclic [LAl( μ -O) 2 ( p -C 6 H 4 )] 4 ( 5 ), respectively. These practices prove that β -diketiminate aluminum dihydride is a valuable precursor for the preparation of acyclic and cyclic systems. 1 – 5 were characterized by melting point, 1 H and 13 C NMR, FT-IR, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies.