Toward Gallane Preparations for the Hunt

The electron-diffraction pattern of the vapor can be satisfactorily interpreted, like the vibrational properties, on the basis of a molecule H2Ga(p.-Cl)2GaH2 with D2h symmetry, as illustrated in Fig. 3. Here 

More recently the monomeric molecules HGaCl2 (93) and H2GaCl (94) have both been prepared by quite a different approach. This involves the photolytically induced addition of HC1 or H2 to molecular GaCl isolated in an argon matrix  

Identification rests firmly on the infrared spectra of the natural and deuteriated molecules, the results being borne out by ab initio calculations. Whether this method would lend itself to the synthesis of mo-nochlorogallane on the larger scale remains to be seen. 

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B. Physical Methods of Detection and Analysis Toward Gallane Preparations for the Hunt... 

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