Reactions of the Al(III) complex [{MeAl(2-py)
3}Li·THF] (
1), containing the tripodal [MeAl(2-py)
3]
-ligand, with [(C
7H
8)Mo(CO)
3], CaI
2, and ZnCl
2 give the trimetallic and bimetallic complexes [{MeAl(2-py)
3}Mo(CO)
3Li(THF)
3] (
2), [{MeAl(2-py)
3}
2Ca] (
3), and [{MeAl(2-py)
3}ZnCl] (
4), respectively. [{
nBuIn(2-py)
3}Li·THF] (
5), an In
III analogue of
1 containing the [
nBuIn(2-py)
3]
- anion, is obtained by theone-pot reaction of
nBuLi with InCl
3 followed by reaction with 2-Li-py. Complex
5 reacts with [(C
7H
8)Mo(CO)
3] to give [{
nBuIn(2-py)
3}Mo(CO)
3Li(THF)
2]
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(
6) (analogous to the Al
III complex
2). The X-raystructures of the new complexes
2,
3,
4,
5, and
6 are reported.