Aluminium acetylacetonate

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Aluminium acetylacetonate
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Names
IUPAC name
Tris(acetylacetonato)aluminium
Other names
Aluminium acetylacetonate, aluminium acetylacetonate
Identifiers
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PubChem CID
UNII
Properties
Al(C5H7O2)3
Molar mass 324.31 g/mol
AppearanceWhite solid [1]
Density 1.42 g/cm3
Melting point 190-193 °C
Boiling point 315 °C
Low
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Aluminium acetylacetonate, also referred to as Al(acac)3, is a coordination complex with formula Al(C5H7O2)3. This aluminium complex with three acetylacetone ligands is used in research on Al-containing materials. The molecule has D3 symmetry, being isomorphous with other octahedral tris(acetylacetonate)s. [2]

Uses

Aluminium acetylacetonate can be used as the precursor to crystalline aluminium oxide films using low-pressure metal organic chemical vapour deposition. [3] In horticulture it can also be used as a molluscicide. [4]

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Metal acetylacetonates are coordination complexes derived from the acetylacetonate anion (CH
3
COCHCOCH
3
) and metal ions, usually transition metals. The bidentate ligand acetylacetonate is often abbreviated acac. Typically both oxygen atoms bind to the metal to form a six-membered chelate ring. The simplest complexes have the formula M(acac)3 and M(acac)2. Mixed-ligand complexes, e.g. VO(acac)2, are also numerous. Variations of acetylacetonate have also been developed with myriad substituents in place of methyl (RCOCHCOR). Many such complexes are soluble in organic solvents, in contrast to the related metal halides. Because of these properties, acac complexes are sometimes used as catalyst precursors and reagents. Applications include their use as NMR "shift reagents" and as catalysts for organic synthesis, and precursors to industrial hydroformylation catalysts. C
5
H
7
O
2
in some cases also binds to metals through the central carbon atom; this bonding mode is more common for the third-row transition metals such as platinum(II) and iridium(III).

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Europium acetylacetonate is a compound with formula Eu(C5H7O2)3(H2O)2. It is a europium(III) complex with three acetylacetonate and two aquo ligands. The electronic structure of the Eu3+
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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gallium acetylacetonate</span> Chemical compound

Gallium acetylacetonate, also referred to as Ga(acac)3, is a coordination complex with formula Ga(C5H7O2)3. This gallium complex with three acetylacetonate ligands is used in research. The molecule has D3 symmetry, being isomorphous with other octahedral tris(acetylacetonate)s.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Indium acetylacetonate</span> Chemical compound

Indium acetylacetonate, also known as In(acac)3, is a compound with formula In(C5H7O2)3. It is a colorless solid. It adopts an octahedral structure.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Iridium acetylacetonate</span> Chemical compound

Iridium acetylacetonate is the iridium coordination complex with the formula Ir(O2C5H7)3, which is sometimes known as Ir(acac)3. The molecule has D3-symmetry. It is a yellow-orange solid that is soluble in organic solvents.

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3
CO
2
)
3
. Under standard conditions it appears as a white, water-soluble solid that decomposes on heating at around 200 °C. The triacetate hydrolyses to a mixture of basic hydroxide / acetate salts, and multiple species co-exist in chemical equilibrium, particularly in aqueous solutions of the acetate ion; the name aluminium acetate is commonly used for this mixed system.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rhodium acetylacetonate</span> Chemical compound

Rhodium acetylacetonate is the coordination complex with the formula Rh(C5H7O2)3, which is sometimes known as Rh(acac)3. The molecule has D3-symmetry. It is a yellow-orange solid that is soluble in organic solvents.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tris(acetylacetonato)cobalt(III)</span> Chemical compound

Tris(acetylacetonato)cobalt(III) is the coordination complex with the formula Co(C5H7O2)3. Often abbreviated Co(acac)3, it is a green, diamagnetic solid that is soluble in organic solvents, but not in water. Owing to its solubility in organic solvents, tris(acetylacetonato)cobalt(III) is used to produce homogeneous catalysts by reduction.

References

  1. Aluminium acetylacetonate
  2. Dymock, K.; Palenik, Gus J. "Tris(acetylacetonato)gallium(III)" Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry (1974), volume 30, 1364-6. doi : 10.1107/S0567740874004833. (this paper also discusses the Al compound)
  3. "Carbonaceous alumina films deposited by MOCVD from aluminium acetylacetonate: a spectroscopic ellipsometry study"
  4. I. F. Henderson, A. P. Martin (1990). "Control of slugs with contact-action molluscicides". Annals of Applied Biology. 116 (2): 273–278. doi:10.1111/j.1744-7348.1990.tb06607.x.