“…15 The mean Ga-N bond length of 1.878(1) Å in 1 is expectedly shorter than the 1.950 (7) Å found in the parent molecule Cl 3 GaÁN(SnMe 3 ) 3 , 8 and it is comparable to those found in the base stabilized complex (quinuclidine)Cl 2 Ga-[N(SiMe 3 ) 2 ] (Ga-N = 1.866(2) Å), 16 and in [(Cl 3 Ga)NC 6 H 3 (2,6-CHMe 2 ) 2 (HC-NCMe 3 ) 2 SiF] 1À (Ga-N = 1.868(2) Å). 17 The compound Ar 0 Ga = NAr 00 (Ar 0 = C 6 H 3 -2,6-Dipp 2 ; Dipp = C 6 H 3 -2,6-Pr i 2 ; Ar 00 = C 6 H 3 -2,6(Xyl-4-Bu t ) 2 ), in which both Ga and N have a coordination number of 2, has a Ga-N bond length of 1.701(3) Å, significantly shorter that found in 1. 18 Neutral molecules such as [(MeGa) 4 (Me 2 Ga) 4 (HN-NMe) 4 (N 2 )] contain a Ga 3 N-NGa 3 fragment, 19 8) Å.…”