Dedicated to Professor Dietmar Seyferth on the occasion of his 75th birthdayAluminum amides supported by organic ligands are important molecular precursors for the preparation of aluminum nitrides, such as Al À N based semiconductors and Al À N ceramics.[1] Amides with the general formula [R 2 Al(NH 2 )], in which R corresponds to an organic substituent, are rare. The presence of a reactive NH 2 group, which can be involved in further substitution reactions, may lead to mixed-metal imides that have the AlÀN(H)ÀM skeleton (M = metal atom). However the known amides show a strong tendency to oligomerize and form unstable trimers [{R 2 Al(m-NH 2 )} 3 ] (R = Me, tBu) [2a,b] or dimers [{R 2 Al(m-NH 2 )} 2 ] (R= Me 3 Si) [2b-d] because of the Lewis acidity of the aluminum center and the presence of the electron lone pair at the nitrogen atom of the NH 2 group. The steric bulk of the substituents is the major factor that determines the degree of association. However, the mechanism of the formation of the product remains unclear. The adducts of composition R 3 Al·NH 3 are thermodynamically unstable and thus decompose at elevated temperatures to the corresponding amides under elimination of alkanes. [2a, 4] So far there are no reports known on the preparation of aluminum amides by treating KNH 2 or NaNH 2