Organoaluminium chemistry
![The ball-and-stick model of diisobutylaluminium hydride, showing aluminium as pink, carbon as black, and hydrogen as white.](/Images/godic/202501/31/DIBAL-3D-balls5047.png")
![Structure of trimethylaluminium, a compound that features five-coordinate carbon.](/Images/godic/202501/31/Trimethylaluminium-3D-balls5047.png")
Organoaluminium chemistry is the study of compounds containing bonds between carbon and aluminium bond. It is one of the major themes within organometallic chemistry. Illustrative organoaluminium compounds are the dimer trimethylaluminium, the monomer triisobutylaluminium, and the titanium-aluminium compound called Tebbe's reagent. The behavior of organoaluminium compounds can be understood in terms of the polarity of the C−Al bond and the high Lewis acidity of the three-coordinated species. Industrially, these compounds are mainly used for the production of polyolefins.