Cyclogallazanes. Part III. (N-polymethylene)cyclogallata-azonianes

Abstract

A series of novel, volatile, cyclogallata-azonianes [[graphic omitted]·GaH₂]_n, (where x= 1, 2, 3, or 4; n= 2 or 3), has been prepared and characterized. Analogous aluminium and boron compounds have been prepared and comparative studies have been made on the three series of compounds. Factors governing the degree of association, n, of the compounds are discussed and ring strain and additional arguments are invoked to explain the tendency of some of the compounds to undergo ring fission and polymerization.