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Lewis base adduct stabilized organogallium azides: Synthesis and dynamic NMR spectroscopic studies of novel precursors to gallium nitride and role of ammonia as reactive carrier gas

  • Technical University of Munich
  • Heidelberg University

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Abstract

The organogallium azides (N3)2-a(R)aGa[(CH2) 3NMe2]1-a (1a-c: R = CH3, tBu; a = 0, 1), (Et)(N3)2Ga (2a), and (Et)(N3)2Ga·L (2b-d: L = thf, H2NtBu, py, NC7H13) are quantitatively synthesized by salt metathesis from the chloro species (Cl)2-a(R)aGa[(CH2)3NMe 2]1-a (a = 0, 1) or EtGaCl2 and sodium azide. The preferential ammonolysis of Ga-N3 bonds for [Et2Ga(N3)]3 (4) and 1 and 2 is demonstrated; e.g. the dimer Et2Ga(μ-NH2)(μ-N3)GaEt2 (3) was obtained. The characterization of these compounds by means of elemental analysis, 1H-, 13C-, 14N-, and 15N-NMR, MS, and infrared v(N3) data is reported. The dynamics of the intramolecular Ga-N donor-acceptor bonded heterocycle and the azide group is discussed on the basis of variable-temperature NMR data. The barrier of activation of the bimolecular azide exchange process for (N3)2Ga[(CH2)3NMe2] (1c) amounts about 50 kJ·mol-1. The role of ammonia as reactive carrier gas for low-pressure metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) of GaN with 1c as precursor is discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2053-2059
Number of pages7
JournalOrganometallics
Volume15
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 16 Apr 1996

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