The crystal structure of the methyl-bridged yttrium-aluminium complex, [(η-C₅H₅)₂YMe₂AlMe₂]

Abstract

A structural analysis of [(η-C₅H₅)₂YMe₂AlMe₂] has been carried out by X- ray diffraction. Crystals are orthorhombic, space group Pna2₁, a 17.969(6), b 7.988(4), c 10.870(4) Ǻ, Z 4. The structure has been refined by a full-matrix least-squares procedure to R 0.052 for 663 observed reflections (Mo Kα automatic diffractometry). The structure contains a dimethyl bridge, the average bridging bond distances being 2.58(3) Ǻ for Y-C and 2.10(2) Ǻ for Al-C, and the Y-Al separation is 3.056(6) Ǻ.