Main-group metals are inherently labile, hindering their use in catalysis. We exploit this lability in the synthesis of isocyanurates. For the first time we report a highly active catalyst that trimerizes alkyl, allyl and aryl isocyanates, and di-isocyanates, with low catalyst loadings under mild conditions, using a hemi-labile aluminium-pyridyl-bis(iminophenolate) complex.
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Bahili, M. A., Stokes, E. C., Amesbury, R. C., Ould, D. M. C., Christo, B., Horne, R. J., … Ward, B. D. (2019). Aluminium-catalysed isocyanate trimerization, enhanced by exploiting a dynamic coordination sphere. Chemical Communications, 55(53), 7679–7682. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9cc03339d
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