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