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The gallium derivatives IDipp\u2219GaH\n 2<\/jats:sub>\n PH\n \n t<\/jats:sup>\n <\/jats:italic>\n Bu (\n 1<\/jats:bold>\n ) and IDipp\u2219GaH\n 2<\/jats:sub>\n P(\n \n t<\/jats:sup>\n <\/jats:italic>\n Bu)\n 2<\/jats:sub>\n (\n 2<\/jats:bold>\n ) were isolated and structurally characterized, revealing monomeric species with distorted tetrahedral coordination at the group 13 element. The corresponding aluminum compounds IDipp\u00b7AlEt\n 2<\/jats:sub>\n PHtBu (\n 3<\/jats:bold>\n ), IDipp\u00b7AlEt\n 2<\/jats:sub>\n PHPh (\n 4<\/jats:bold>\n ), IDipp\u00b7AlEt\n 2<\/jats:sub>\n PPh\n 2<\/jats:sub>\n (\n 5<\/jats:bold>\n ), and IDipp\u00b7AlEt\n 2<\/jats:sub>\n PH\n 2<\/jats:sub>\n (\n 6<\/jats:bold>\n ) exhibit a strong dependence of their electronic and structural properties on the substitution pattern at the phosphorus atoms. X\u2010ray diffraction studies show that Al\u2500P bonds in the P atom substituted phosphanylalanes are elongated compared to IDipp\u00b7AlEt\n 2<\/jats:sub>\n PH\n 2<\/jats:sub>\n . Furthermore, computational analysis of the frontier molecular orbitals revealed the availability of the phosphorus lone pair. Comparison of donor abilities of the studied compounds with known substituted phosphanylboranes also indicates that these phosphanylalanes and \u2010gallanes can serve as strong \u03c3 donating ligands. The reactivity of phosphanylgallanes toward SMe\n 2<\/jats:sub>\n \u00b7BH\n 3<\/jats:sub>\n with formation of IDipp\u00b7GaH\n 2<\/jats:sub>\n PPh\n 2<\/jats:sub>\n \u00b7BH\n 3<\/jats:sub>\n (\n 9<\/jats:bold>\n ) and IDipp\u00b7GaH\n 2<\/jats:sub>\n PH\n 2<\/jats:sub>\n \u00b7BH\n 3<\/jats:sub>\n (\n 10<\/jats:bold>\n ), respectively, confirms the accessibility of the phosphorus lone pair and highlights their potential as Lewis base compounds.\n <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1002\/chem.71781","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,10]],"date-time":"2026-10-10T06:43:39Z","timestamp":1791614619000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Synthesis and Reactivity of Substituted Phosphanylalanes and \u2010Gallanes Stabilized by N\u2010Heterocyclic Carbenes"],"prefix":"10.1002","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8247-3869","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tatiana N.","family":"Parfeniuk","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institut f\u00fcr Anorganische Chemie Universit\u00e4t Regensburg Regensburg Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Michael","family":"Weinhart","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institut f\u00fcr Anorganische Chemie Universit\u00e4t Regensburg Regensburg Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0003-3590-9919","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Christoph","family":"Riesinger","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institut f\u00fcr Anorganische Chemie Universit\u00e4t Regensburg Regensburg Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2182-5020","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Manfred","family":"Scheer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institut f\u00fcr Anorganische Chemie Universit\u00e4t Regensburg Regensburg Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_8_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"9776","DOI":"10.1021\/ja0478431","article-title":"Heterogeneous or Homogeneous Catalysis? 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