C. Eaborn et al., A NOVEL ZWITTERIONIC SPECIES CONTAINING AN ALUMINUM(III) CATION AND APLANAR CARBANION - CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE OF [ET3ALNME2SIME2C(SIME2NME2)(2)ALET2].C6H6, Organometallics, 17(15), 1998, pp. 3135-3137
Reaction of (Me2NMe2Si)(3)CLi with AlEt2Cl in toluene followed by recr
ystallization of the product from benzene has given the unprecedented
title compound, in which a tetrahedral cationic Al(III) center and a p
lanar carbanion center form part of a six-membered ring. The correspon
ding reaction with AlCl3 has given [<(Al{C(SiMe2N)over bar>Me-2) (SiMe
2NMe2)(2)}Cl-2]. Crystal structures of both products are reported.