Aluminium-27 NMR has been employed for the study of the interaction of Al(III) with picolinic (pic-H) and pipecolinic (pip-H) acids in aqueous solution at variable pH. In the reaction with picolinic acid distinct peaks for hydrated Al(III), 1:1 and 1:2 Al-picolinate complexes, as well as a mixed hydroxo-picolinato complex Al(pic)2OH are observed. An insoluble 1:3 picolinate complex is formed at pH 3. Pipecolinic acid forms 1:1 and 1:2 Al-pipecolinate complexes. No hydroxy-pipecolinate species are formed, however, and the 1:2 complex is deprotonated above pH 4.5 to colin- (pic-H) und Pipecolinsäure (pip-H) in wäßriger Lösung bei verschiedenen pH angewandt. Bei Al(pip)(H-1pip) have been isolated and characterized by elemental analysis, IR and1H-NMR. © 1990 Springer-Verlag.