Wj. Evans et al., INCLUSION OF AL(2)ME(6) IN THE CRYSTALLINE LATTICE OF THE ORGANOMETALLIC COMPLEXES LNAL(3)ME(12), Organometallics, 14(3), 1995, pp. 1107-1109
The homoleptic tetramethylaluminates Ln(AlMe(4))(3) are formed by reac
tion of excess AlMe(3) in hexane with Ln(NMe(2))(3)(LiCl)(3) obtained
from LnCl(3) and LiNMe(2). Nd[(mu-Me)(2)AlMe(2)](3) was characterized
by X-ray diffraction, but it was also found that this complex as well
as its yttrium analog will cocrystallize with Al(2)Me(6) to form the i
sostructural alkylaluminum inclusion systems {Ln[(mu-Me)(2)AlMe(2)](3)
}(2)[Al(2)Me(6)].