title: Azido- and amido-substituted gallium hydrides supported by N-heterocyclic carbenes.
abstract: Despite recent advances in main group N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) coordination chemistry, gallium hydrides remain, in large part, an unexplored area of research. In this paper we outline efficient routes to azide- and amido-functionalized gallium hydrides such as NHC·GaH2N3and NHC·GaH2N(SiMe3)2and explore these species as potential precursors to HGaNH complexes and bulk gallium nitride (GaN).
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, 11227 Saskatchewan Drive, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G2. erivard@ualberta.ca.
authors.forename: Anindya K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Swarnakar
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, 11227 Saskatchewan Drive, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G2. erivard@ualberta.ca.
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5221-4401
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Ferguson
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, 11227 Saskatchewan Drive, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G2. erivard@ualberta.ca.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4065-6181
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: McDonald
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, 11227 Saskatchewan Drive, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G2. erivard@ualberta.ca.
authors.forename: Eric
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0360-0090
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rivard