title: Two New Carbaalanes: Compounds with an Al(7)C(5) and a
abstract: The hydroalumination of aluminum ethynides leads to the formation of carbaalanes as a new class of compounds, which have clusters exclusively formed by carbon and aluminum atoms. Two novel carbaalanes with Al(7)C(5) and Al(7)C(4) clusters are described-the latter is a remarkable analogue of closo-[B(11)H(11)](2-) with respect to its structure and the number of cluster electrons.
authors.affiliation: Fachbereich Chemie der Universität Postfach 2503, 26111 Oldenburg (Germany).
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Uhl
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Breher
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lützen
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Saak