The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Functionalized aluminum reagents

Abstract:

The invention is directed to functionalized aluminum reagents of formula 1 ##STR00001## where R is a linear or branched alkane group containing 1 to 8 carbon atoms, and R.sup.1 is phenylene, or a linear or branched alkane diyl group containing 2 to 10 carbon atoms, or a combination of one or more phenylene groups and one or more linear or branched alkane diyl groups containing 1 to 10 carbon atoms; Q is of formula 2 ##STR00002## where R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are independently phenyl or a linear or branched alkyl group containing 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 taken together with the nitrogen atom represent a nitrogen containing heterocyclic group containing from 4 to 12 carbon atoms.