L-Proline derivatives of gallium trimethyl and gallium triethyl: crystal and molecular structure of L-prolinatodimethylgallium
Crystals of L-prolinatodimethylgallium are orthorhombic, a = 10.624(2), b = 10.567(4), c = 8.2268(6) Å, Z = 4, space group P212121. The structure was solved by direct methods and was refined by full-matrix least squares procedures to a final R of 0.029 and Rw of 0.035 for 1109 reflections with I ≥ 3σ(I). Details of the preparation and physical properties of L-prolinatodimethylgallium and L-prolinatodiethylgallium are given. The crystal structure of L-prolinatodimethylgallium consists of molecules each linked to two others by weak Ga—O bonds (2.695(3) Å) and N—H … O hydrogen bonds (N … O = 2.901(4) Å) to form a chain-like polymeric structure extending along the b axis. The gallium atom is five-coordinate and has distorted trigonal bipyramidal geometry. Important bond lengths are: Ga—O (axial), 2.044(3) and 2.695(3); Ga—N, 2.035(3); and Ga—C, 1.942(5) and 1.958(5) Å