An unusual bowl-shaped aluminum-nitrogen cage compound

摘要

Trimethylaluminum reacts with 2,6-diaminopyridine in a 3:2 mole ratio to form the unusual cage-type compound AlMe[Al-Me-2{N(H),N(H)-C5H3N}](2) (1). The structure of 1, which was established by single crystal X-ray diffraction, features an overall bowl shape. The bowls stack along the (010) direction. (c) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.