Acta Cryst. (2012). E68, m351-m352  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536812005880 ]

(3-{[2,6-Bis(1-methylethyl)phenyl]imino-N}-1-phenylbut-1-en-1-olato-O)dimethylaluminium

H. Hao, B. Zhu and J. Yi

Abstract: The molecular structure of the title compound, [Al(CH₃)₂(C₂₂H₂₆NO)], displays a monomer with the Al^III atom in a distorted tetrahedral environment defined by two methyl groups and the N and O atoms of the chelating ketiminate anion. The O-Al-N bite angle of the chelating ligand is 94.14 (9)°. The O-C-C-C-N backbone of the ligand is nearly coplanar (r.m.s. deviation = 0.029 Å) and the Al atom deviates significantly from the mean plane by 0.525 (3) Å. In the crystal, weak intermolecular C-HO interactions are observed.

Online 3 March 2012

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