A well-defined silica-supported aluminium alkyl through an unprecedented, consecutive two-step protonolysis-alkyl transfer mechanism

Chem Commun (Camb). 2011 Mar 14;47(10):2979-81. doi: 10.1039/c0cc04986g. Epub 2011 Jan 21.

Abstract

Impregnation of [(AliBu(3))(Et(2)O)] on partially dehydroxylated SBA-15 affords a mesoporous material bearing the well-defined single site surface aluminium species [(≡SiO)(2)Al(iBu)(Et(2)O)].