A dealkylsilylation reaction of alumazene [2,6-(
i-Pr)
2C
6H
3NAlMe]
3(
1) with trimethylsilyl methylsulfonate in a 1:2 molar ratio in tolueneafforded a supramolecular cyclic hexamer {Me[2,6-(
i-Pr)
2C
6H
3NAl]
3(O
3SMe)
2}
6 (
2) composed of six intact alumazene rings andpossessing two types of bridging sulfonate groups. Changing thereagent molar ratio to 1:3 caused the third sulfonate to partiallysubstitute the last alumazene methyl group in an
2 fashion andintroduced a disorder in the crystal lattice.