ethanol in hexane dropwise addn. of 70.6 mmol of EtOH in hexane (10 wt.-percent) to distd. AlMe3 (71.5 mmol) in hexane at -75°C with stirring; slow warming to room temp.; performed under Ar;; evapn. under reduced pressure; vac.-distn.; elem. anal.;;

in tetrahydrofuran byproducts: C2H6; under inert atm., THF soln. of 1 equiv. of EtOH was added to the solid Al-compd., mixt. was set aside for ca. 24 h; solid was washed twice with n-hexane (to dissolve out of Me2AlOEt), dried in vac.;

in diethyl ether; toluene mixing; comp. was not isolated;