Alcohol adducts of zinc dichloride: Molecular structure of [ZnCl2(THF){1-HOC(C6H11)(2)-2-NMe2C6H4}]

The aminoalcohols 1-HOCR2-2-NMe2C6H4 [R = Ph (1), R = C6H11 (2)] and 1-HOCPh2CH2-2-NMe2C6H4 (3) react with ZnCl2 in tetrahydrofuran to give the alcohol adducts [ZnCl2(THF){1-HOCR2-2-Nme(2)C(6)H(4)}] [R = Ph (4), R = C6H11 (5)] and [ZnCl2(THF){1-HOCPh2CH2-2-NMe2C6H4}] (6). The complexes 4-6 were characterized by H-1 and C-13 NMR spectroscopy, and 5 was also structurally characterized by X-ray crystallography. (c) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.