Tris(pentafluorophenyl)aluminum: Synthesis, Reactivity and Polymerization Studies

Abstract

The synthesis and reactivity of tris(pentafluophenyl)aluminum along with its various applications in polymer chemistry are summarized in this review.

Keywords:

• Al/B‐alkyl/aryl ligand exchange
• chloro(bispentafluorophenyl)alane
• alkyl abstraction
• (perfluoroaryl)aluminate
• double activation

Acknowledgments

Dedicated to Professor Herbert W. Roesky on the occasion of his 70th birthday. The author thanks Dr. Santosh J. Gharpure for useful suggestions and the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, for a research grant.