Aluminium acetylacetonate, also referred to as Al(acac)₃, is a

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with formula Al(C₅H₇O₂)₃. This

aluminium Aluminium (aluminum in American and Canadian English) is a chemical element with the symbol Al and atomic number 13. Aluminium has a density lower than those of other common metals, at approximately one third that of steel. I ...

complex with three acetylacetone ligands is used in research on Al-containing materials. The molecule has D₃ symmetry, being isomorphous with other octahedral tris(acetylacetonate)s.

Uses

Aluminium acetylacetonate can be used as the precursor to crystalline aluminium oxide films using low-pressure metal organic chemical vapour deposition."Carbonaceous alumina films deposited by MOCVD from aluminium acetylacetonate: a spectroscopic ellipsometry study"
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it can also be used as a

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References

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