Issue 5, 2020

The unique β-diketiminate ligand in aluminum(i) and gallium(i) chemistry

Abstract

Over the past few decades, β-diketiminate ligands have been widely used in coordination chemistry and are capable of stabilizing various metal complexes in multiple oxidation states. Recently, the chemistry of aluminum and gallium in their +1 oxidation state has rapidly emerged. NacNacM(I) (M = Al, Ga; NacNac = β-diketiminate ligand) shows a two coordinate metal center comparable with singlet carbene-like species. The metal center also possesses a formally vacant p-orbital. In this article we present an overview of the last 10 years for aluminum(I) and gallium(I) stabilized by β-diketiminate ligands that have been widely explored in bond breaking and forming species.

Graphical abstract: The unique β-diketiminate ligand in aluminum(i) and gallium(i) chemistry

Article information

Article type
Perspective
Submitted
16 Nov. 2019
Accepted
17 Dec. 2019
First published
23 Dec. 2019
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Dalton Trans., 2020,49, 1351-1364

The unique β-diketiminate ligand in aluminum(I) and gallium(I) chemistry

M. Zhong, S. Sinhababu and H. W. Roesky, Dalton Trans., 2020, 49, 1351 DOI: 10.1039/C9DT04763H

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