Bis[(μ‐cyclopentylamino‐N:N)dimethyl­aluminium(III)]

Reaction of AlMe₃ with NH₂(C₅H₉) caused the evolution of methane and produced the dimeric species bis(μ‐cyclo­pentyl­amino‐N:N)bisdimethylaluminium(III)], Al(CH₃)₂‐(C₅H₁₀N)]₂, which was found to adopt a cis configuration of cyclopentyl groups about a bent AlNAlN ring (which has twofold crystallographic symmetry) instead of the more common trans arrangement.