Oxidative addition of group 13 and 14 metal halides and Alkyls to Ga(DDP) (DDP = bulky bisimidinate).

The oxidative addition of a variety of group 13 and group 14 halides and alkyls R aMX to the mono valent group 13 bis-imidinate Ga(DDP) (DDP = 2-{(2,6-diisopropyl-phenyl)amino}-4-{(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)imino}-2-pentene) is reported. Accordingly, the insertion of Ga(DDP) into the Ga-Me bond of GaMe 3 yield in the complexes [{(DDP)GaMe}GaMe 2] ( 1) and [{(DDP)GaMe} 2GaMe] ( 2), respectively, which show a temperature-dependent equilibrium between 1 at higher temperatures and 2 at lower temperatures. In the case of GaCl 3, the only isolable product is [{(DDP)GaCl} 2GaCl] ( 3). The related reaction of SnMe 2Cl 2 with Ga(DDP) yields the compound [Me 2Sn{ClGa(DDP)} 2] ( 4), whereas SnMe 4 behaves inert. In the case of SiCl 4, only the monoinsertion product [Cl 3Si{ClGa(DDP)}] ( 5) was observed. Finally, [(CH 3) 3C{ClGa(DDP)}] ( 6) is synthesized by insertion of Ga(DDP) into the C-Cl bond of ClC(CH 3) 3. All new compounds were fully characterized by elemental analysis, NMR-spectroscopy, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis.