Abstract:Hydroalumination of H 10 C 5 N-N=C(Ad) with HAliBu 2 yielded the hydrazide H 10 C 5 N-N(AliBu 2 )Ad (4; Ad = adamantyl, NC 5 H 10 = piperidinyl). Compound 4 is monomeric and contains a highly strained AlN 2 heterocycle formed by a donor-acceptor interaction between the Al atom and the -N atom of the hydrazine. Two equivalents of the hydride afforded an adduct with an HAliBu 2 molecule coordinated to 4 by an Al-N and a 3c-2e Al-H-Al bond (5). tBuN=C=O did not insert into the relatively weak Al←N donor-acceptor bond of 4; instead, insertion