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18411850

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-4-16
pubmed:abstractText
The gas-phase structures of AI(Bu')3 and Ga(Bu')3 have been investigated by electron diffraction and are shown to consist of monomeric units with very slightly pyramidal geometries. Salient structural parameters (r(hl)) include r(A1-C) = 2.008(2) A and r(Ga-C) = 2.032(2) A. For both compounds the ligand orientations and geometries are controlled by interligand interactions. The structures of M(Bu(t))3 (M = Al, Ga, In) have been calculated ab initio and those for the aluminium and gallium derivatives are in good agreement with the electron-diffraction structures. Comparison of the ab initio calculated structure of In(Bu')3 with those of Al(Bu(t))3 and Ga(Bu(t))3 suggests that the significantly different photochemistry exhibited by the former does not result from structural factors. In fact the compounds undergo a charge-transfer process in the UV region, with the wavelength required calculated to be slightly longer for the indium compound than for the other two.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1477-9226
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
404-10
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Molecular structures of M(Bu(t))3 (M = Al, Ga, In) using gas-phase electron diffraction and ab initio calculations: experimental and computational evidence for charge-transfer processes leading to photodissociation.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA. arb@rice.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't