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Geometry and thermodynamic characteristics of complexes X2MYH2 (M = Al, Ga, In; X = F, Cl, Br, I; Y = N, P, As) and their components were found by the B3LYP density functional method with the LANL2DZ(d,p) basic set. The nitrogen complexes X2MNH2 have a planar structure, whereas the phosphorus and arsenic complexes are pyramidal. Upon HX elimination, the dissociation energy of the M-Y bonds considerably increases (by 150-270 kJ mol- 1), which makes the dissociation of X2MYH2 into components thermodynamically unfeasible even at temperatures about 1000°C. A linear correlation between the dissociation enthalpies of M-Y bonds in the X3MYH3 and X2MYH2 complexes was found for each central atom M, which makes it possible to estimate the dissociation enthalpies of coordination-unsaturated compounds of the Group IIIa elements from the dissociation enthalpies of their coordination-saturated analogs. The enthalpies of dimerization of X2MYH2 fall in the range from 40 (Y = P, As) to 260 kJ mol- 1 (Y = N), which makes the process X3MNH3 = [X2MNH2]2 + HX with the retention of the metal-nitrogen bond more favorable than the dissociation of the initial complex into the components. Thus, dimers [X2MNH2]2 can be intermediates in chemical deposition of nitrides from the gas phase of donor-acceptor complexes.
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Timoshkin, A.Y., Suvorov, A.V. & Schaefer, H.F. Structural and Thermodynamic Characteristics of Compounds X2MYH2 (M = Al, Ga, In; X = F, Cl, Br, I; Y = N, P, As) Formed by Hydrogen Halide Elimination from Donor-Acceptor Complexes X3MYH3. Russian Journal of General Chemistry 71, 8–14 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012308801720
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