STRUCTURE OF METHYLBIS(SALICYLALDOXIMATO-O1,N)GALLIUM(III)

[Ga(C7H6NO2)2(CH3)], M(r) = 357.01, monoclinic, C2/c, a = 14.760 (1), b = 12.486 (1), c = 8.5623 (7) angstrom, beta = 101.780 (4)-degrees, V = 1544.8 (2) angstrom3, Z = 4, D(x) = 1.535 g cm-3, lambda(Mo Kalpha) = 0.71073 angstrom, mu = 17.91 cm-1, F(000) = 728, T = 294 K, R = 0.027, wR = 0.034, for 1190 reflections with I greater-than-or-equal-to 3sigma(I). The methylbis[salicylaldoximato(1-)-O1,N]gallium(III) molecule has exact C2 symmetry. The coordination about the Ga atom is distorted square, pyramidal with the Ga atom displaced 0.7068 (4) angstrom from the mean plane of the basal donor set toward the apical methyl C atom. Bond lengths involving Ga are Ga-O = 1.932 (2), Ga-N = 2.067 (2) and Ga-C = 1.947 (5) angstrom. The trans bond angles about Ga involving the basal atoms are O-Ga-O = 141.3 (1) and N-Ga-N = 136.3 (1)-degrees.