The thermochemistry of dissociation and elimination reactions of organogallium precursors for the GaN chemical vapor deposition (CVD) is studied at the hybrid Hartree-Fock/density functional level of theory (B3LYP/pVDZ). Geometries, relative energies, vibrational frequencies of R x GaNR′ x species, and their dissociation products (NR x , GaR x , x ) 1-3; (R, R′ ) H, CH 3 ) are presented. Methane elimination from the source adducts is exothermic at standard conditions, while hydrogen elimination is endothermic. Both for R ) H, CH 3 elimination reactions are predicted to be more favorable compared to dissociation into components, in contrast to the halogen containing precursors. The Ga-N bond dissociation enthalpies (kJ mol -1 ) are the highest for R 2 GaNR′ 2 compounds (313-382), followed by ; and for donor-acceptor complexes R 3 GaNR′ 3 (56-100) they are the lowest. (CH 3 ) x GaNH x isomers are more than 50 kJ mol -1 lower in energy than H x GaN(CH 3 ) x species, but the formation of Ga-H and N-H bonds is the thermodynamically most favorable process. Hence, the replacement of alkyl groups might be viable during the CVD process from trimethylgallium and ammonia.