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Trimethylaluminium is one of the
simplest examples of an
organoaluminium compound.
Despite its name it has the
formula Al2(CH3)6 (abbreviated as Al2Me6...
- pyrophoric. It is an
industrially important compound,
closely related to
trimethylaluminium. The
structure and
bonding in Al2R6 and
diborane are
analogous (R...
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organometallic chemistry.
Illustrative organoaluminium compounds are the
dimer trimethylaluminium, the
monomer triisobutylaluminium, and the titanium-aluminium compound...
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equilibrium mixture of the
monomer and dimer.
These dimers, such as
trimethylaluminium (Al2Me6),
usually feature tetrahedral Al
centers formed by dimerization...
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depending on the
steric bulk of the
groups attached. For example,
trimethylaluminium exists as a dimer, but
trimesitylaluminium adopts a
monomeric structure...
- such as
triethylborane (Et3B), and
organoaluminium compounds such as
trimethylaluminium (Me3Al). A
naturally occurring organometallic complex is methylcobalamin...
- the
formula In(CH3)3. It is a colorless,
pyrophoric solid.
Unlike trimethylaluminium, but akin to trimethylgallium, TMI is monomeric. TMI is
prepared by...
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derivatives of
metal and
nonmetal hydrides (diethylaluminium hydride,
trimethylaluminium, triethylaluminium, butyllithium), with a few
exceptions (i.e. dimethylmercury...
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formula Ga(CH3)3. It is a colorless,
pyrophoric liquid.
Unlike trimethylaluminium, TMG
adopts a
monomeric structure. When
examined in detail, the monomeric...
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behavior contrasts with that of
triorganoaluminium compounds (see
trimethylaluminium),
which are
tetrahedral with
bridging alkyl groups.[citation needed]...
