Trimethyl(1-methyl-4-phenylpiperazine-N¹)aluminium

The X-ray single-crystal structure determination of the title compound, [Al(CH₃)₃(C₁₁H₁₆N₂)], reveals that the Al atom is four coordinate in a distorted tetrahedral environment and is bonded to the N atom of the piperazine molecule carrying the methyl group, with an Al-N bond length of 2.050 (2) Å. The piperazine ring adopts a chair conformation.

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