title: Transition-metal complexes of a bifunctional tetradentate gallium alkoxide ligand.
abstract: The mixed gallium transition-metal complexes [FeCl[Ga(2)((t)Bu)(4)(neol)(2)]] (1) and [M[Ga(2)((t)Bu)(4)(neol)(2)]], M = Co (2), Ni (3), Cu (4), have been prepared by the reaction of [Ga(2)((t)Bu)(4)(neol-H)(2)] (neol-H(2) = 2,2-dimethyl-propane-1,3-diol) with the appropriate metal halide and Proton Sponge. Compounds 1-4 have been characterized by NMR (3), UV/vis, and IR spectroscopy and magnetic susceptibility (solution and solid state), and their molecular structures have been confirmed by X-ray crystallography. The molecular structure of compounds 1-4 consists of a tetracyclic core formed from two four-membered and two six-membered rings. The central metal atom adopts a square pyramidal (1) or square planar (2-4) geometry. The magnetic susceptibilities for 1, 2, and 4 are as expected for strong ligand field environments. On the basis of spectroscopic and structural data, the [Ga(2)((t)Bu)(4)(neol)(2)](2-) ligand appears to be more flexible than other chelating ligands; this is proposed to be due to the flexibility in the O-Ga-O bond angle.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA.
authors.forename: Stephen J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Obrey
authors.forename: Simon G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Bott
authors.forename: Andrew R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Barron