Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications was published between 1972 - 1995.
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J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1995, 2501 - 2502, DOI: 10.1039/C39950002501
Alane reduction of selenium and tellurium: tertiary amine stabilised dimeric chalcogenides, trans-[{Me3N(H)Al(µ-E)}2](E = Se, Te)
Michael G. Gardiner, Colin L. Raston and Vicki-Anne Tolhurst
Elemental selenium or tellurium react with trimethylamine alane, [Me3NAlH3], in toluene affording the bis-trimethylamine adducts of the dimeric chalcogenidoalanes, [{HAl(µ-E)}2](E = Se, Te) isolated as the trans-isomers; ab initio molecular orbital calculations on model species show that N-donor Lewis-base solvated dimeric species are the energetically most favourable structures for these chalcogenidoalane species.
