Gallium trimethyl

• Formula: C₃H₉Ga
• Molecular weight: 114.827
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/3CH3.Ga/h3*1H3; Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: XCZXGTMEAKBVPV-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 1445-79-0
• Chemical structure:
  This structure is also available as a 2d Mol file
• Other names: trimethylgallium
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: José A. Martinho Simões

Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
MS - José A. Martinho Simões
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid

Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
MS - José A. Martinho Simões
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Enthalpy of vaporization

Enthalpy of sublimation

Enthalpy of fusion

Entropy of fusion

Enthalpy of phase transition

Entropy of phase transition

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Individual Reactions

 (l) + 3 (cr) = GaI₃ (cr) + 3 (l)

By formula: C₃H₉Ga (l) + 3I₂ (cr) = GaI₃ (cr) + 3CH₃I (l)

 (l) + 2 (cr) = CH₃GaI₂ (cr) + 2 (l)

By formula: C₃H₉Ga (l) + 2I₂ (cr) = CH₃GaI₂ (cr) + 2CH₃I (l)

 (g) = C₂H₆Ga (g) +  (g)

By formula: C₃H₉Ga (g) = C₂H₆Ga (g) + CH₄ (g)

Gas phase ion energetics data

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LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

References

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Martinho Simões
Martinho Simões, J.A., Private communication (see http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/om/). [all data]

Long and Sackman, 1958
Long, L.H.; Sackman, J.F., The heat of formation and physical properties of gallium trimethyl, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1958, 54, 1797, https://doi.org/10.1039/tf9585401797 . [all data]

Fowell and Mortimer, 1958
Fowell, P.A.; Mortimer, C.T., J. Chem. Soc., 1958, 3734.. [all data]

Pedley and Rylance, 1977
Pedley, J.B.; Rylance, J., Computer Analysed Thermochemical Data: Organic and Organometallic Compounds, University of Sussex, Brigton, 1977. [all data]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds in Academic Press, New York, 1970. [all data]

Lebedev, Smirnova, et al., 1988
Lebedev, B.V.; Smirnova, N.N.; Kulagina, T.G., Enthalpy, entropy and Gibbs energy in bulk polymerization of cyclohexene with ring-opening between 0 and 330 K at standard pressure, Makromol. Chem., Rapid Commun., 1988, 9, 781-784. [all data]

Maslova, Novoselova, et al., 1973
Maslova, V.A.; Novoselova, N.V.; Moseeva, E.M.; Berezhnaya, N.D.; Rabinovich, I.B., Specific heat and phase changes of triethylindium, triethyl antimony, and trimethyl gallium, Trudy. Khim. Khim. Tekhnol., 1973, (2), 51-52. [all data]

Lebedev, Smirnova, et al., 1988, 2
Lebedev, B.V.; Smirnova, N.N.; Kulagina, T.G., Enthalpy, Eentropy and Gibbs Energy in bulk polymerization of cyclohexane with ring-opening between 0 and 330 K at standaed pressure, Makromol. Chem., Rapid Commun., 1988, 9, 781. [all data]

Maslova, Novoselova, et al., 1973, 2
Maslova, V.A.; Novoselova, N.V.; Moseeva, E.M.; Berezhnaya, N.D.; Rabinovich, I.B., Specific Heat and Phase Changes of Triethylindium, Triethylantimony, and Trimethylgallium, Tr. Khim. Khim. Tekhnol., 1973, 1973, 51. [all data]

Fulem, Ruzicka, et al., 2003
Fulem, M.; Ruzicka, K.; Ruzicka, V.; Hulicius, E.; Simecek, T.; Melichar, K.; Pangrác, J.; Rushworth, S.A.; Smith, L.M., Vapor pressure of metal organic precursors, Journal of Crystal Growth, 2003, 248, 99-107, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-0248(02)01840-7 . [all data]

Stephenson and Malanowski, 1987
Stephenson, Richard M.; Malanowski, Stanislaw, Handbook of the Thermodynamics of Organic Compounds, 1987, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3173-2 . [all data]

Domalski and Hearing, 1996
Domalski, Eugene S.; Hearing, Elizabeth D., Heat Capacities and Entropies of Organic Compounds in the Condensed Phase. Volume III, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1996, 25, 1, 1, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.555985 . [all data]

Smith and Patrick, 1983
Smith, G.P.; Patrick, R., Int. J. Chem. Kinet., 1983, 15, 167. [all data]

McMillen and Golden, 1982
McMillen, D.F.; Golden, D.M., Hydrocarbon bond dissociation energies, Ann. Rev. Phys. Chem., 1982, 33, 493. [all data]

Barker, Lappert, et al., 1975
Barker, G.K.; Lappert, M.F.; Pedley, J.B.; Sharp, G.J.; Westwood, N.P.C., Bonding studies of boron and the group 3-5 elements. Part XV. He(I) photoelectron spectra of monomeric group 3 tri-halide, trimethyl, and mixed halogenomethyl species, J. Chem. Soc. Dalton Trans., 1975, 1765. [all data]

Glockling and Strafford, 1971
Glockling, F.; Strafford, R.G., Electron impact studies on some group III metal alkyls, J. Chem. Soc. A, 1971, 1761. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  Cp,liquid	Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid
  S°liquid	Entropy of liquid at standard conditions
  Ttriple	Triple point temperature
  ΔHtrs	Enthalpy of phase transition
  ΔStrs	Entropy of phase transition
  ΔcH°liquid	Enthalpy of combustion of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfH°liquid	Enthalpy of formation of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔfusS	Entropy of fusion
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔsubH	Enthalpy of sublimation
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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