Synthesis and structures of tris(2-pyridyl)aluminate sandwich compounds [{RAl(2-py')2}2M] (py' = 2-pyridyl, M = Ca, Mn, Fe).
García-Rodríguez, Raúl; Bullock, Thomas H.; McPartlin, Mary; Wright, Dominic S.; Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003) 43 (2014) 14045–14053; doi:10.1039/c4dt00951g

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_publ_section_title
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 Synthesis and structures of tris(2-pyridyl)aluminate sandwich compounds
 [{RAl(2-py')2}2M] (py' = 2-pyridyl, M = Ca, Mn, Fe).
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'Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003)'
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 HKL Denzo and Scalepack (Otwinowski & Minor 1997)
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multi-scan from symmetry-related measurements 
 Sortav (Blessing 1995)
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