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Oxidative addition of MesN=CH-CH=NMes (Mes = mesityl) to the aluminium
(I) tetramer, [Al(C5Me5)](4), results in the monomeric aluminium(III)
derivative, [(eta(5)-C5Me5)AIN(Mes)CH=CHN(Mes)], which has been charac
terised by X-ray crystallography.