The synthesis and characterization of silica-grafted monopodal and bipodal aluminum hydrides has been achieved starting from 200 °C- and 700 °C-annealed silica and [AlH(NMeEt)]. The mechanism by which aluminum trishydride reacts with isolated and vicinal silanols, assisted by the amine, has been investigated computationally at the ωB97XD-DFT level.
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