Synthesis and structure of N,N′-ethylenebis(salicylideneiminato)chlorogallium(III) and its methyl analog
The synthesis and physical properties of N,N′-ethylenebis(salicylideneiminato)chlorogallium(III) and N,N′-ethylenebis(salicylideneiminato)methylgallium(III) are described. Crystals of N,N′-ethylenebis(salicylideneiminato)chlorogallium(III) dichloromethane are monoclinic, a = 13.049(1), b = 9.525(1), c = 15.459(2) Å, β = 92.452(5)°, Z = 4, space group P21/a. The structure was solved by Patterson and Fourier syntheses and was refined by full-matrix least-squares procedures to R = 0.042 and Rw = 0.051 for 1815 reflections with I ≥ 3σ(I). The gallium atom is bonded to one chlorine atom and to the tetradentate N,N′-ethylenebis(salicylideneiminato) ligand to give a coordination geometry which is intermediate between square pyramidal and trigonal bipyramidal. Important bond lengths (corrected for libration) are: Ga—Cl, 2.228(2), Ga—O, 1.868(4) and 1.883(4), Ga—N, 2.019(6) and 2.035(5) Å. The crystal structure consists of discrete (C16H14N2O2)GaCl and CH2Cl2 molecules linked by a[Formula: see text]hydrogen bond [Formula: see text]to form complex-solvate units.