Organoaluminium compounds. XI. Reaction of trialkylaluminiums with dialkylaluminium alkoxides

Abstract

The reactions of trialkylalumiuiums (R₃Al) with dialkylaluminium alkoxides (R₂AlOR") have been studied by p.m.r. spectrometry, in the cases where R = Me, R' = Et, and R = Et, R' = Me, and where R" = Me, Pr¹, Bu^t. It has been established that R is exchanged for R' when R" = Pr¹ and Bu^t. The ease of exchange depends strongly upon the nature of R".