Coordination compounds of methyl gallium hydrides

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Although the organo hydride derivatives of boron and aluminium are well characterized, little work has been reported on the corresponding gallium systems. The present study was initiated to determine the relative stabilities of organo gallium hydride derivatives as compared to the stabilities of the corresponding compounds of boron and aluminium. Various preparative routes in this new class of gallium compounds have been investigated. These include the use of organo mercury and organo lithium reagents in reactions with gallium hydride compounds and their halogen substituted derivatives, and also equlibration reactions between gallium hydride and organo gallium compounds. Both infrared and proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy techniques have been used extensively in following the progress of these reactions and in the characterization of the products.

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