Crystal and molecular structure of (η3-2-methylallyl)[dimethyl(ethanolamino)-(3,5-dimethyl-1-pyrazolyl)gallato(N(2),N(3),O)] dicarbonylmolybdenum, [Me2Ga(N2C5H7)(OCH2CH2NH2)]Mo(CO)2(η3-C4H7)
Crystals of (η3-2-methylallyl)[dimethyl(ethanolamino)(3,5-dimethyl-1-pyrazolyl)gallato-(N(2),N(3),O)]dicarbonylmolybdenum are triclinic, a = 7.6047(5), b = 10.882(1), c = 12.633(1) Å, α = 77.07(1), β = 89.19(1), γ = 71.91(1)°, Z = 2, space group [Formula: see text]. The structure was solved by Patterson and Fourier syntheses and was refined by full-matrix least-squares procedures to R = 0.024 and Rw = 0.030 for 3835 reflections with I ≥ 3σ(I). The crystal structure consists of discrete molecular units, each linked to four others by weak [Formula: see text] hydrogen bonds [Formula: see text] The Mo atom is in a distorted octahedral environment with the η3-C4H7 ligand occupying one of the six coordination sites as a π-donating ligand. Important bond distances (corrected for libration) are: Mo—C(allyl), 2.335(3), 2.372(3), 2.324(3); Mo—C(O), 1.902(3) and 1.961(2); Mo—O, 2.269(2); Mo—N(pz), 2.222(2); Mo—N(amino), 2.285(2); Ga—O, 1.924(2); Ga—N, 2.006(2); and Ga—C, 1.968(4) and 1.981(4) Å.