Alan H. Cowley, John D. Gorden, Colin D. Abernethy, Jason A. C. Clyburne and Brian G. McBurnett
Oxidative addition of MesNCH–CH
NMes (Mes = mesityl) to the aluminium(I) tetramer, [Al(C5Me5)]4, results in the monomeric aluminium(III) derivative, [(η5-C5Me5)
AlN(Mes)CH
CHN
(Mes)], which has been characterised by X-ray crystallography.