Abstract
Crystals of methyl[4-(2-iminophenolate)-pentan-2-onato]gallium are monoclinic, space group C2/c with a = 18.329(4)Å, b = 9.5721(19)Å, c = 16.220(3)Å, β = 123.28(3)°, V = 2379.0(8)Å3, Z = 4. The structure was solved by direct methods (Sheldrick 1994) and refined to a final R value of 0.0604 for 1882 reflections (I > 2 σ(I)). The gallium atom was bonded by two oxygen atoms and coordinated by an imine nitrogen atom, forming one six-member and one five-member ring. The stable dimer was formed by the coordination of a bridging oxygen atom of phenolate to another gallium atom.
