N,N-Ethylenebis(salicylideneimine) derivatives of gallium trimethyl: crystal and molecular structure of N,N-ethylenebis(salicylideneiminato) bis(dimethylgallium)

Abstract

Crystals of N,N-ethylenebis(salicylideneiminato)bis(dimethylgallium) are orthorhombic, a = 22.781(1), b = 9.4869(6), c = 19.700(2) Å, Z = 8, space group Pbca. The structure was solved by direct methods and was refined by full-matrix least-squares procedures to a final R of 0.036 and Rw of 0.029 for 2248 reflections with I ≥ 3σ(I). Details of the preparation and physical properties of (C16H14N2O2)(GaMe2)2 and (C16H15N2O2)(GaMe2) are given. The (C16H14N2O2)(GaMe2)2 molecule is approximately centrosymmetric in the solid state. A "GaMe2" unit is coordinated to each of the two salicylideneiminato moieties of the N,N-ethylenebis(salicylideneiminato) ligand. The gallium atoms have a distorted tetrahedral coordination geometry, with bond angles at gallium ranging from 92.7(1) to 124.6(3)°. Important bond lengths (corrected for libration) are: Ga—O, 1.886(2) and 1.884(2), Ga—N, 2.033(3) and 2.042(3), and weighted mean Ga—C, 1.959(9) Å.