Hexaaquagallium(III) trinitrate trihydrate

Abstract

The title compound, [Ga(H2O)6](NO3)3·3H2O, is isostructural to other known MIII nitrate hydrates (M = Al, Cr, Fe). The structure contains two distinct octahedral Ga(OH2)6 units (each of overline{1} symmetry) which are involved in intermolecular hydrogen bonding with the three nitrate anions and three water molecules within the asymmetric unit.