CHLORO (ARYLOXY ALKOXY) GALLIUM COMPOUNDS - SYNTHESIS AND STRUCTURE OF (2,4,6-ME(3)C(6)H(2)O)(2)GACL-CENTER-DOT-TBUNH(2), (2,6-(TBU)(2)-4-(ME)C6H2O)GACL2-CENTER-DOT-OET(2) AND [TBUNH(3)]+ [(CL3GA)(2)O-2,4,6-ME(3)C(6)H(2)]-+/

Reaction of [ClGa(tBuN)(2)SiMe(2)](2) 1 with 2,4,6-trimethylphenol (1: 2 stoichiometry) affords (2,4,6-Me(3)C(6)H(2)O)(2)GaCl . tBuNH(2) 2. T his main product is accompanied by a crystalline side product which ha s the composition tBuNH(3)(+) {2,4,6-Me-C6H2O}(GaCl3)(2)(-) 6 as found from X-ray structure analysis. A similar reaction of 1 with t-butanol affords a crystalline product 3 formulated as (tBuO)(2)GaCl. When 2,6 -dimethyl benzenethiol is used, the compound Ga(S-2,6-Me(2)C(6)H(3))(3 ) . tBuNH(2) 4 is isolated. The reaction of gallium trichloride with 2 ,6-(tBu)(2)-4-Me-C6H2OLi . OEt(2) in toluene led to {2,6-(tBu)(2)-4-Me -C6H2O}GaCl2 . OEt(2) 5. The identity of 2, 5 and 6 were confirmed by X-ray structure determination; 5 is the first structurally characteriz ed dichloro(aryloxy)gallane and 2 exists as a H-bonded dimer in the so lid state. Compound 6 contains an alcoholate anion R-O-, the oxygen at om of which is in a trigonal planar environment of two gallium and one carbon atom.