Abstract:
The reactions of aryllithium reagents o-LiC6H4CH2NR2 with (MeO)2CO afford two new tris(aryl)carbinols bearing pendant-NR2 donor groups in the side chain [o-R NCH C H ] COH [R = Me, R + R = (CH) ]. These alcohols feature helical chirality due to differently inclined aromatic fragments and are presented in a crystalline cell as two M and P enantiomers. Carbinol (R = Me) readily reacts with (Me3SiCH2)3Sc(THF)2 to give a scandium bis(alkyl) complex [(o-C6H4CH2NMe2)3CO]Sc(CH2SiMe3)2 featuring rigid binding of the alkoxy anion through a κ1-O, κ2-N chelating coordination mode