A heterobimetallic gallyl complex containing an unsupported Ga-Y bond

Stephen T Liddle; David P Mills; Benedict M Gardner; Jonathan McMaster; Cameron Jones; William D Woodul

doi:10.1021/ic900278t

A heterobimetallic gallyl complex containing an unsupported Ga-Y bond

Inorg Chem. 2009 Apr 20;48(8):3520-2. doi: 10.1021/ic900278t.

Authors

Stephen T Liddle¹, David P Mills, Benedict M Gardner, Jonathan McMaster, Cameron Jones, William D Woodul

Affiliation

¹ School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK. stephen.liddle@nottingham.ac.uk

PMID: 19284761
DOI: 10.1021/ic900278t

Abstract

The synthesis and characterization of the first unsupported Ga-Y bond in [Y{Ga(NArCH)(2)}{C(PPh(2)NSiMe(3))(2)}(THF)(2)] (Ar = 2,6-diisopropylphenyl) is described; structural and computational analyses are consistent with a highly polarized covalent Ga-Y bond.