User talk:Trsmith2

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Hi, and welcome to the wiki-chem world. Looks like you have views on (iBu2AlH)n, and I suspect that we have been undoing each other's work. Typical wiki-activity. So here's my view: It is almost impossible that this material is a monomer - hydrides are excellent bridging groups (see alane), and the iso-butyl groups are not that large. I cited a paper that says that the material is a mixture of a dimer and trimer in solution. Now whether users pretend this stuff as a monomer is their choice, but pretending doesnt change the structure. Similarly, many of us pretend that BuLi is a monomer, but we know that its structure is far more complex. In any case, those are my views. Lots of chemistry is like that - we rely on empirical formulas. The tradition within the wiki-chem articles is to be fairly particular about the actual structure. I'll check back later so that we can wrangle over this and related topics. There are some very enthusiastic editors in the WEchem space, and they are generally pretty helpful so long as one exhibits a little humility/patience/humor. Cheers, --Smokefoot (talk) 23:39, 31 March 2008 (UTC)