Amine adducts of tert-butylthiolate gallium hydrides were synthesized for p
ossible use as precursors to gallium sulfide films. Reactions of GaH3L (L =
NMe3 or quinuclidine) with 1 or 2 equiv. of t-BuSH and GaH3-xClx (quin) wi
th 1 or 2 equiv. of LiS-t-Bu produced mixtures of products. The complexes G
aH(S-t-Bu)(2)(NMe3) and GaH2(S-t-Bu)(quin) were isolated as crystalline sol
ids from the product mixtures and both were characterized by X-ray crystall
ography. In the solid state, GaH(S-t-Bu)(2)(NMe3) is best described as havi
ng a trigonal pyramidal geometry. The complexes Ga(S-t-Bu)(3)L (L = NMe3 or
quinuclidine) were synthesized from GaH3L and a slight excess of t-BuSH. (
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