Compounds containing metal–metal bonds can provide fresh insights into electronic structure and bonding, and their synthesis can open up new chemical space. A sandwich complex containing a lithium–aluminium bond has now delivered some food for thought in this arena.
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Mills, D.P. A molecular sandwich with a lithium–aluminium filling. Nat. Chem. 16, 1045–1046 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-024-01563-4
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