Scheme 1.
Thermal and photochemical reactivity studies of an Al-Fe heterobinuclear system, including solid-state structures of complexes 2-5 determined by X-ray crystallography. For clarity, hydrogen atoms and co-crystallized solvent molecules are omitted from the crystal structures; ligand backbones (except nitrogen) are shown as wireframes, and all other atoms are shown as 50% probability ellipsoids.