Halomethylaluminum compounds

A number of heteroatom-substituted dilakylaluminum compounds (R2AICH2-X) can undergo apparent a-, aP-, or ay-eliminations. The apparent a-elimination, when halomethylaluminum compounds cyclopropanate alkenes, is actually a combination of carboalumination and elimination [Eq. (6.87)]. Such eliminations involve hypercarbon intermediates or transition states. 

Halomethylaluminum compounds are potential sources of the methylene group. 

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