The THF adduct of dichloro(2,4,6-triisopropylphenyl)aluminum(1) was prepared. Dehalogenation of 1 with Na/K alloy gave a tricyclic compound with a dioxonia-dialuminata central unit (2). The reaction of 2,6-bis{[(dimethylamino)methyl]phenyl}lithium with AIX 3 (X = CI, Br, I), EtAICI 2 or Et 2 AICI (in 1:1 ratio) yielded compounds Β and 3-6 containing pentacoordinated aluminum atoms. From 2-[(dimethylamino)methyl]phenyllithium and AICI 3 , AIBr 3 , EtAICI 2 or Et 2 AICI (1:1) the tetracoordinated Al-species 7, 8, C and D were obtained while with the same reactants in 2:1 ratio the pentacoordinated species 9, 10 and Ε are formed. The reaction of 3 equivalents of 2-[(dimethylamino)methyl]phenyllithium with AICI 3 gave 11 (coordination number five, fluxional behaviour in solution). From 8-(dimethylamino)naphthyllithium, AICI 3 , AIBr 3 and EtAICI 2 the tetracoordinated species 12 -14 were synthesized. By treating the dibromo species 6 and C with lithiated 2,6-dimethyl-N-(trimethylsilyl)aniline the correspondingly substituted monobromo species 15 and 16 were obtained. The compounds are characterized by NMR ( 1 H, 13 C and 29 Si) and mass spectrometry, most of them also by 27 AI NMR and elemental analyses. X-ray structure analyses are provided for 2, 4, 6, 7, 11 and 16. 8 " 10 . Ligand (X) was not used before.
RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONBis(2,4,6-triisopropylphenyl)magnesium · 2 THF (A) 11 was prepared by a Grignard reaction from the corresponding bromide in THF followed by a Schlenk-dismutation with dioxane.