Next in the realm of organometallic chemistry, taking place in 1859, was the creation of alkylaluminum iodides. The scientists involved in the invention of this technology were
Wilhelm Hallwachs (discovery of the photoelectric effect), and A. Schafarik, when they took a mixture of dissolved aluminum and added a solution of alkyliodides (any primary R group). This reaction produced a mixture of di-addition alkylaluminum iodide and mono-addition alkylaluminum iodide.
2Al + 3RI
→ R
2AlI + RAlI
2
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| Dimethylaluminum iodide |
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| Methylaluminum iodide |
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