Synthesis, characterization and crystal structure of a 2-(diethylaminomethyl)indole ligated dimethylaluminium complex

Abstract

The title aluminium complex was prepared by methane elimination from the reaction of 2-(di­ethyl­amino­meth­yl)indole and tri­methyl­aluminium. Each of the two crystallographically independent mol­ecules has a four-coordinate aluminium center that has pseudo-tetra­hedral geometry.