DOI: 10.1039/d6cc05661j ISSN: 1359-7345

Divergent construction of Ni and Fe–Al–H assemblies

Jordan R. Gipper, Kritika Gour, Nattamai Bhuvanesh, Manar M. Shoshani

Reaction of an Al-dihydride metalloligand with Ni(

ii
) and Fe(
ii
) halides affords heterotrimetallic hydrides featuring electron-rich transition-metal centers, with NiCl 2 undergoing reductive assembly and FeCl 2 hydride/halide metathesis.