Dialane is an unstable compound of aluminium and hydrogen with formula Al2H6.[1][2][3] Dialane is unstable in that it reacts with itself to form a polymer, aluminium hydride. Isolated molecules can be stabilised and studied in solid hydrogen.[2]
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