Coordination Chemistry of Aluminium

1. Normal and Dative Bonding in Neutral Aluminum Compounds; Arne Haaland; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2 Normal and Dative Bonds; 1.3 Dative Bonds and the VSEPR Model; 1.4 Failures of the VSEPR Model and Geminal Repulsion Radii; 1.5 Some Mean Bond Enthalpies; 1.6 Normal Bond Distances in Compounds with Three--coordinate Aluminum; 1.7 The Dissociation Enthalpies of Simple Adducts of Alanes with Electron Donors; 1.8 Aluminum--Nitrogen Compounds; 1.9. Aluminum--Phosphorus Compounds; 1.10. Aluminum--Oxygen Compounds; 1.11. Aluminum--Sulfur Compounds; 1.12. Aluminum--Halogen Compounds; 1.13. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; 2. Organoaminoalanes: Unusual Al--N Systems; Gregory H. Robinson; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. Interaction of Aluminum Alkyls with Simple Amines: Al--N Cages; 2.3. Dimers, Trimers, and Tetramers: Organoaluminum Chemistry of Sterically Demanding Aryl Amines; 2.4. Reaction of Organoaluminum Moieties with Multidentate Open--chain Amines: High Coordination Number Aluminum Complexes; 2.5. Organoaluminum Chemistry of Macrocyclic Amines; 2.6. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; 3. The Aqueous Coordination Chemistry of Aluminum; Chris Orvig; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Reaction Kinetics; 3.3. Complexation in Water; 3.4. Schiff Base Complexes of Aluminum; 3.5. Applications and Implications; Acknowledgments; References; 4. Low Valent and Paramagnetic Compounds of Aluminum; Andrew R. Barron; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. Aluminum--Carbonyl Complexes; 4.3. Unsaturated Hydrocarbons; 4.3.1. Alkenes; 4.3.2. Alkynes; 4.4. Hydrides; 4.5. Alkyls; 4.6. Clusters; 4.7. Paramagnetic Compounds of Al(III); Acknowledgments; References; 5. The Chemistry of Alkoxides, Thiolates, and the Heavier Group 16 Derivatives of Aluminum and Gallium; John P. Oliver , Rajesh Kumar, Majid Taghiof; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2. Syntheses; 5.3. Structure and Bonding; 5.4. NMR Studies; 5.5. R n (ER) 3--n Al Base Addition Compounds; 5.6. Bidentate and Polydentate Ligands; References; 6. Anionic and Cationic Organoaluminum Compounds; Jerry L. Atwood; 6.1. Introduction; 6.2. Liquid Clathrates Based on Anionic Organoaluminum