“…The six-membered-ring Al metallacycle is significantly puckered with the Al-NH(Diip) moiety well above the nearly planar C(15)eC(6)eO (1)eAl (1) backbone, as shown by the O(1)eC (1)eC(15)eN(1) and C(15)eC(6)eAl (1)eO (1) torsion angles (54.73 and 50.57 , respectively), thus resulting in an overall C 1 symmetry for compound 5d in the solid state. The AleO and AleN bond distances (1.768 (2) and 2.049(2) Å, respectively) are in the normal range found for aluminium phenolates (1.640(5)-1.773(2) Å) [14] and for AleN dative bonds (1.957(3)-2.238(4) Å) [15], respectively. As for the behaviour of compound 5d in the (1), 1.7816(19); Al(2)eN(2), 1.7759 (19); Al (2)eO (1), 1.8402(14); Al(2)eO(2), 1.8463 (15); Al(1)eO(1), 1.8591 (15); Al(1)eO(2), 1.8678 (15); Al(1)eC (1) solution, all NMR data agree with the effective chelation of the LX À -type {2-CH 2 NH(Diip)-4,6-t Bu 2 -C 6 H 2 O} À anion onto Al along with an overall C 1 symmetry.…”