A strained intramolecular P/Al-FLP and its reactivity toward allene

Abstract

FLPs featuring aluminum–phosphane interactions, spring-loaded by a rigid biphenylene linker, have been accessed through a route where trimethyltin units at phosphane-functionalized organic backbones are exchanged by an AlCl₂ moiety. Upon contact with substrates like CO₂ these are readily bound by the Al/P site with release of strain. The system could also be utilized for a unique reactivity, namely the activation of allene.