TY - JOUR
T1 - Alane reduction of selenium and tellurium
T2 - Tertiary amine stabilised dimeric chalcogenides, trans-[{Me3N(H)Al(μ-E)}2] (E=Se, Te)
AU - Gardiner, Michael G.
AU - Raston, Colin L.
AU - Tolhurst, Vicki Anne
PY - 1995/12
Y1 - 1995/12
N2 - Elemental selenium or tellurium react with trimethylamine alane, [Me 3NAlH3], in toluene affording the bis-trimethylamine adducts of the dimeric chalcogenidoalanes, [{HAl(μ-E)}2] (E=Se, Te) isolated as the trans-isomers; ab initio molecular orbital calculations on model species show that N-donor Lewis-base solvated dimeric species are the energetically most favourable structures for these chalcogenidoalane species.
AB - Elemental selenium or tellurium react with trimethylamine alane, [Me 3NAlH3], in toluene affording the bis-trimethylamine adducts of the dimeric chalcogenidoalanes, [{HAl(μ-E)}2] (E=Se, Te) isolated as the trans-isomers; ab initio molecular orbital calculations on model species show that N-donor Lewis-base solvated dimeric species are the energetically most favourable structures for these chalcogenidoalane species.
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U2 - 10.1039/C39950002501
DO - 10.1039/C39950002501
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:37049087937
SN - 0022-4936
VL - 24
SP - 2501
EP - 2502
JO - Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
JF - Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
ER -