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gallane

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Also known as GaH3, [GaH3], Gallium oxide (67Ga2O3), Gallium trioxide, Gallium citrate, Digallium trioxide, Gallium sesquioxide, Gallium oxide (2:3)

Gallane, also systematically named trihydridogallium, is an inorganic compound of gallium with the chemical formula (also written as ). It is a photosensitive, colourless gas that cannot be concentrated in pure form. Gallane is both the simplest member of the gallanes, and the prototype of the monogallanes. It has no economic uses, and is only intentionally produced for academic reasons.

Chemical data

Formula
GaH3
Molecular weight
72.747 g/mol
IUPAC name
gallane
SMILES
[GaH3]
InChIKey
PHMDYZQXPPOZDG-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Polar surface area
0 Ų
H-bond donors
0
H-bond acceptors
0
Formal charge
0

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Wikidata facts

Mass
71.949
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canonical SMILES
[GaH3]
chemical formula
GaH₃
Commons category
Gallane
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Encyclopedic overview

7 sections
Contents
  • Structure of monomeric GaH<sub>3</sub>
  • Chemical properties
  • GaH<sub>3</sub> adducts
  • Solute properties
  • Other chemical reactions
  • See also
  • References

Gallane, also systematically named trihydridogallium, is an inorganic compound of gallium with the chemical formula (also written as ). It is a photosensitive, colourless gas that cannot be concentrated in pure form. Gallane is both the simplest member of the gallanes, and the prototype of the monogallanes. It has no economic uses, and is only intentionally produced for academic reasons.

It has been detected as a transient species in the gas phase; also at low temperature (3.5 K) following the reaction of laser ablated gallium atoms and dihydrogen, and more recently in an argon matrix doped with vapour over solid digallane, Ga2H6.

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