%0 Journal Article %1 Uhl.2001 %A Uhl, Werner %A Cuypers, Lars %A Harms, Klaus %A Kaim, Wolfgang %A Wanner, Matthias %A Winter, Rainer %A Koch, Rainer %A Saak, Wolfgang. %D 2001 %J Angewandte Chemie, International Edition %K alkyl cluster crystal gallium mol nonanuclear prepn structure %N 3 %P 566--568 %R 10.1002/1521-3773(20010202)40:3\textless566::AID-ANIE566\textgreater3.0.CO;2-T %T Ga9(CMe3)9, an important new building block in the structural chemistry of the alkylelement(I) compounds EnRn (E = B-In) %V 40 %X The reaction of Me3CLi with GaCl3 affords tri(tert-butyl)gallium in a good yield as well as a small quantity of elemental gallium by a redox reaction. By systematically changing the reaction conditions to stop the partial redn. of trivalent gallium at an intermediate oxidn. state, a green soln. from which black-green crystals of Ga9(CMe3)9 (1) were isolated in 4\% yield after sepn. of the alkylgallium. The crystal structure and cyclic voltammetric investigation of 1 is reported and the results were corroborated with quantum chem. calcns. on SciFinder(R)

@article{Uhl.2001, abstract = {The reaction of Me3CLi with GaCl3 affords tri(tert-butyl)gallium in a good yield as well as a small quantity of elemental gallium by a redox reaction. By systematically changing the reaction conditions to stop the partial redn. of trivalent gallium at an intermediate oxidn. state, a green soln. from which black-green crystals of Ga9(CMe3)9 (1) were isolated in 4{\%} yield after sepn. of the alkylgallium. The crystal structure and cyclic voltammetric investigation of 1 is reported and the results were corroborated with quantum chem. calcns. [on SciFinder(R)]}, added-at = {2022-06-15T11:26:56.000+0200}, author = {Uhl, Werner and Cuypers, Lars and Harms, Klaus and Kaim, Wolfgang and Wanner, Matthias and Winter, Rainer and Koch, Rainer and Saak, Wolfgang.}, biburl = {https://puma.ub.uni-stuttgart.de/bibtex/2b60ade209b4c9252a19e3150b1eed468/huebleriac}, doi = {10.1002/1521-3773(20010202)40:3{\textless}566::AID-ANIE566{\textgreater}3.0.CO;2-T}, interhash = {a085a65f8eda3462c89a0110cae4b41a}, intrahash = {b60ade209b4c9252a19e3150b1eed468}, issn = {1433-7851}, journal = {Angewandte Chemie, International Edition}, keywords = {alkyl cluster crystal gallium mol nonanuclear prepn structure}, number = 3, pages = {566--568}, timestamp = {2022-06-15T09:26:56.000+0200}, title = {Ga9(CMe3)9, an important new building block in the structural chemistry of the alkylelement(I) compounds EnRn (E = B-In)}, volume = 40, year = 2001 }