New Organogallium Peroxides

Abstract

Treatment of (Me3C)2Ga-CH(SiMe3)2 (1) with oxygen gave the oxidation of both quaternary carbon atoms of the tert-butyl groups, while the bis(trimethylsilyl)methyl substituent was not affected. One tert-butyl group was transferred to an alkoxide which in the dimeric formula unit of the product 2 occupies the bridging position between both gallium atoms. The second one afforded a terminally arranged tert-butylperoxo ligand by the insertion of a complete oxygen molecule into the respective Ga-C bond. Another organogallium peroxide (5) was obtained by the reaction of Li(OEt2)[H3GaCH(SiMe3)2] (3) with H-O-O-CMe2OMe (4). Two hydrido ligands of the trihydridogallanate were replaced by peroxo groups, while the third Ga-H bond gave a hydroxide (Ga-OH) by insertion of a single oxygen atom. The product, Li[Ga(OH)(OOCMe2OMe)2R] [5, R=CH(SiMe3)2], forms a singular dimeric formula unit with a complicated oligocyclic structure in which all peroxo groups are in bridging positions between lithium and gallium atoms