One can mention the importance of the other 13 group elements (triel elements), aluminium, gallium, indium and thallium. For example, aluminium is the second-most used metal after steel, largely because it is so versatile while nearly all gallium is used today in electronics. Numerous advantageous properties of triel elements are a consequence of the acidity of their compounds – the triel centr...

Gallium(I) tetrachlorogallate(III) Ga[GaCU] was prepared in quantitative yield by thermal de­ composition of dichlorogallane [HGaChk, which is readily available from EtsSiH and [GaCl3]2. The reaction of catechol with solutions of this gallium(I) tetrachlorogallate(III) in tetrahydro­ furan leads to the evolution of hydrogen gas and affords a dinuclear gallium(III) complex with penta-coordinate ...

In a recent study of the coordination chemistry of gallium and indium trihalides with chelating ditertiary phosphines a rich series of 1:1 and 1:2 com­ plexes has been isolated and structurally charac­ terised [11. The metals appear in a tetra-, pentaand hexacoordinated state both in neutral molecules and in ionic crystals. The compounds are often fluctional in solution and various sets of isom...

The crystal structures of hydro-thermally synthesized silver(I) aluminium bis-[hydrogen arsenate(V)], AgAl(HAsO4)2, silver(I) gallium bis-[hydrogen arsenate(V)], AgGa(HAsO4)2, silver gallium diarsenate(V), AgGaAs2O7, and sodium gallium diarsenate(V), NaGaAs2O7, were determined from single-crystal X-ray diffraction data collected at room temperature. The first two compounds are representatives o...

The preparation of cationic water-soluble gallium phthalocyanine derivatives are described for the first time. Peripheral and nonperipheral 3-hydroxypyridine tetrasubstituted gallium(III)phthalocyanines (5a, 6a) and their quaternarized derivatives (5b and 6b) have been synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, IR, H NMR spectroscopy, electronic spectroscopy and mass spectra. The quat...

The synthesis and characterization of a series of 8-quinolinolato gallium complexes is presented, and the complexes are analogous to a series of aluminum complexes previously reported. The complexes have been shown to be active initiators for the ring-opening polymerization of rac-lactide. High degrees of polymerization control are demonstrated, as exemplified by the linear evolution of molecul...