Synthesis and structural characterization of glycinatodimethylgallium, (C2H4NO2)Ga(CH3)2
Details of the preparation and crystal structure of the title compound are given. Crystals of glycinatodimethylgallium are monoclinic, a = 12.502(1), b = 12.023(1), c = 10.732(1) Å, β = 110.05(1)°, Z = 8, space group P21/c. The structure was solved by conventional heavy atom methods and was refined by full-matrix least-squares procedures to R = 0.033 and Rw = 0.039 for 1172 reflections with I ≥ 3σ(I). The structure consists of monomeric (C2H4NO2)GaMe2 molecules which are linked together by an extensive network of [Formula: see text] hydrogen bonds. The Ga atoms have tetrahedral coordination geometry with bond lengths averaged over the two crystallographically independent molecules: Ga—O = 1.958(18), Ga—N = 2.031(5), and Ga—C = 1.937(7) Å.