in diethyl ether byproducts: LiCl; Ar atmosphere; addn. of soln. of in Et2O to soln. of org. compd. in Et2O (0°C), refluxing (3.5 h); filtn. of LiCl, distn. of Et2O (room temp.), sublimation (vac., 105°C);

Na in not given byproducts: Al; reacted with Na/K alloy;

in benzene molar ratio Cl2AlCH2AlCl2 to Li-compound=1:2; boiling;;

in diethyl ether byproducts: LiBr; all manipulations under Ar atm.; Li compd. reacted with Al compd. in molar ratio of Li:Al 2:1 in hot diethyl ether; 4 products obtained; Al-Br and Li-Al compds. isolated in pure form by fractioned crystn. from n-pentane, all four compds. identified by (1)H NMR spectroscopy;

in not given product mixture; detn. by NMR;;

in hexane byproducts: LiBr; (under Ar); solns. of alane-compd. and Al2Br6 in hexane are combined and kept at 80°C for 2 h; filtn., volatiles were removed by distn., residue was recrystd. from n-pentane, identified by NMR.;