Trapping an unusual pentacoordinate carbon atom in a neutral trialuminum complex
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2021
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A neutral trialuminum complex incorporates a pentacoordinate carbon through a methylidene bridge linking the three metal atoms. The rigid electron-deficient Al-3 core stabilizes the hypercoordinate carbon atom resulting in the shortest equatorial Al-C distance reported for such an Al-3-(mu(3)-CH2) unit.