The reactivities of Me
2AlH withP(SiMe
3)
3 and of Me
3M (M = Al,Ga, In) and Bu
i2AlHwith P(SiMe
3)
3 andHP(SiMe
3)
2 were monitored withmultinuclear NMR to determine thetrend for adduct formation and establish the role that the Me andBu
i moieties and M playin influencing the nature of the possible 1,2-elimination product.1:1 adducts were obtainedin the Me
3M/P(SiMe
3)
3 systems withno tendency toward room-temperature, 1,2-eliminationreactivity. Thermolysis at 100
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C gave the following order ofreactivity for SiMe
4elimination:Me
3In·P(SiMe
3)
3 >Me
3Ga·P(SiMe
3)
3 >>Me
3Al·P(SiMe
3)
3.With the Me
3M/HP(SiMe
3)
2 systems, only Me
3Algave an isolable adduct, which eliminated CH
4 uponheatingto form[Me
2AlP(SiMe
3)
2]
2.Although NMR spectral data indicated adduct formation intheMe
3Ga and Me
3In systems, theseunderwent CH
4 elimination to yield the respective[Me
2MP(SiMe
3)
2]
2 species. Thevariable-temperature, multinuclear NMR study of theMe
2AlH/P(SiMe
3)
3 system indicated adduct formation at-90
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C and subsequent conversion to cyclicolig
omeric[Me
2AlP(SiMe
3)
2]
n[Me
2AlH]
mspecies at -80
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C that ultimately produced[Me
2AlP(SiMe
3)
2]
2. Thereactivity of Bu
i2AlH towardP(SiMe
3)
3 andHP(SiMe
3)
2 is much slowerthen that of Me
2AlH. In theBu
i2AlH/HP(SiMe
3)
2system, H
2 elimination is favored and[Bu
i2AlP(SiMe
3)
2]
2 andBu
i2AlP(SiMe
2)
2·Bu
i2AlP(H)SiMe
3are formed. An X-ray structure analysisof[Bu
i2AlP(SiMe
3)
2]
2establishes the planarity of the (AlP)
2 core.