Reactivity Studies of LAlH2 (L = HC(CMeNAr)(2), Ar=2,6-iPr(2)C(6)H(3)) with 2-Aminobenzenethiol, 2-Aminophenol, and 1,4-Dithiane-2,5-diol

The reaction of LAlH2 (L = HC(CMeNAr)(2), Ar = 2,6-iPr(2)C(6)H(3)) (1) with 2-aminobenzenethiol, 2-aminophenol, and 1,4-dithiane-2,5-diol resulted in the compounds LAl[(mu-N)(mu-S)(o-C6H4) (2), LAl[(mu-O)(o-C6H4)(NH2)](2) (3), and LAl(mu-O)(2)(p-dithiane) (4), respectively. Compound 2 features an organic-inorganic hybrid containing an NAlSC2 five-membered ring, while compound 3 exhibits a C-O-Al-O-C chain structure. Compound 4 forms a basket-like molecule with the C4S2 unit as the bottom part and O2Al as the handle. Complexes 2, 3, and 4 were characterized by H-1 NMR, elemental analysis, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies.