Some Reactions of Organoaluminum Compounds With Nitrogen-Containing Bases

The reactions of Me3Al with Me2NNMe2 and Me2NCH2NMe2 have yielded complexes whose n.m.r. spectra suggest cyclic structures. They have the formulas Me3Al:Me2NNMe2 and Me3Al:Me2NCH2NMe2 respectively. Me3Al reacts with Me2NCH2CH2NMe2 to form a complex with a linear structure and the formula Me3Al:Me2NCH2CH2NMe2:AlMe3.The reactions of H3Al:NMe3 with several methyl hydrazines have yielded the following compounds: [—Al(HNNHMe)NHNMe—]n, [—HAlNNMe2—]n, H2Al—NHNEt2, [(—HAlNNEt2—):NMe3]n, and H2Al—NMe2. No reaction occurred between H3Al·(Et2O)n and tetramethylhydrazine and the reaction of 3 moles of H2NNMe2 with 1 mole of H3Al:NMe3 yielded a compound for which no structural formula could be assigned, but which had emperical formula C4H15N5Al.