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The reaction of chloro-bis[bis(trimethylsilyl)methyl]alane (1) with potassium yields the title compound 2.2 crystallizes in the triclinic space group P1̄ and shows an aluminium -aluminium bond length of 266.0(1) pm. The core of the molecule is almost planar.
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Werner Uhl (1988) studied this question.
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