C–F bond activation by pentamethylcyclopentadienyl-aluminium(i): a combined experimental/computational exercise
- 3 February 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Chemical Communications
- Vol. 56 (57), 7865-7868
- https://doi.org/10.1039/d0cc00003e
Abstract
The reaction of (Cp*Al)4 with a series of fluoro(hetero)arenes has been investigated and C–F bond activation was observed with perfluorotoluene, pentafluoropyridine as well as 1,2,3,4-tetrafluoro-, pentafluoro- and hexafluorobenzene. The reaction mechanism has been probed by means of DFT calculations and the computational findings are in good agreement with the experimental observations.Keywords
Funding Information
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (KR4782/3-1)
- Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
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