Synthesis, Characterization, and X-ray Crystal Structure of a Gallium Monohydroxide and a Hetero-bimetallic Gallium Zirconium Oxide

A monomeric hydroxide of gallium, LGa(Me)OH, containing terminal
hydroxide and methyl groups was prepared by the hydrolysis of
LGa(Me)Cl in the presence of N-heterocyclic carbene and water
[L = HC{(CMe)(2,6-i-Pr2C6H3N)}2] in high yield and in a pure
form. LGa(Me)OH was used as a synthon to assemble the first
hetero-bimetallic compound with a Ga−O−Zr core, [(LGaMe)(Cp2ZrMe)](μ-O).