Group IIIA, organometallic

The organometallic chemistry of other members of group IIIA is relatively much less important than that of aluminum. There is an extensive organic chemistry of aluminum, and some of the compounds are commercially important. For example, triethylaluminum is used in the Ziegler-Natta process for polymerization of alkenes (see Chapter 22). 

Only a brief survey of the vast area of organometallic chemistry of the Group IIIA metals has been presented, but it serves to show its broad applicability. Chapter 21 deals with other aspects of the chemistry of some of the compounds described in this chapter. 

The fundamental Ziegler-Natta recipe consists of two components the halide or some other compound of a transition metal from among the group IVB to VIIIB elements and an organometallic compound of a representative metal from groups lA to IIIA. Some of the transition metal compounds that have been... 

In general, a ZNC is a combination of a transition metal compound from Group IVB (4) to VIIIB (10) and an organometallic compound of a metal from Group lA (1) to IIIA (13) in the... 

Water. The sensitivity of organometallic compounds to hydrolytic cleavage varies from the spectacular to the mild alkyls of Groups IA, IIA, IIIA react with water explosively to yield the corresponding hydrocarbon and metallic hydroxide ... 

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