Das Anion [R2Al-AlR2Br]- (R = CH(SiMe3)2) mit Aluminium-Aluminium- und terminaler Aluminium-Brom-Bindung / The Anion [R2Al-AlR2Br]- (R = CH(SiMe3)2) with an Aluminium -Aluminium and a Terminal Aluminium -Bromine Bond
Tetrakis[bis(trimethylsilyl)methyl]dialane(4) (1) with an Al-Al bond reacts with LiBr in n-pentane in the presence of chelating N.N.N'.N'-tetramethylethylenediamine (TMEDA) to yield the monobromo adduct [Li(TMEDA)2]+[R2Al-AlR2Br]- 4. Compound 4 is unstable in ethereal solution and decomposes with quantitative formation of LiBr and the starting compound 1. Crystal structure determination of 4 C5H10 shows a terminal Al-Br bond in an anion with a four-coordinated aluminium atom neighbouring a three-coordinated, coordinatively unsaturated aluminium atom. While the Al-Al bond length is not significantly different (264.3 pm) as compared to the data for 1, the Al-Br bond is rather long (247.6 pm) indicating a weak coordinative bonding.