There are three sets of gallium halides, the trihalides where gallium has oxidation state +3, the intermediate halides containing gallium in oxidation states +1, +2 and +3 and some unstable monohalides, where gallium has oxidation state +1. Trihalides All four trihalides are known. They all contain gallium in the +3 oxidation state. Their proper names are gallium(III) fluoride, gallium(III) chloride, gallium(III) bromide and gallium(III) iodide. GaF3 GaF3 is a white solid which sublimes before it melts, with an estimated melting point above 1000 °C. It contains 6 co-ordinate gallium atoms with a three-dimensional network of GaF6 octahedra sharing common corners. GaCl3, GaBr3 and GaI3 These all have lower melting points than GaF3, (GaCl3 mp 78 °C, GaBr3 mp 122 °C, GaI3 mp 212 °C) reflecting the fact that their structures all contain dimers with 4 coordinate gallium atoms and 2 bridging halogen atoms. They are all Lewis acids, forming mainly 4 co-ordinate adducts. GaCl3 is the most commonly used trihalide. Intermediate halides Intermediate chlorides, bromides and iodides exist. They contain gallium in oxidation states +1, +2 and +3. Ga3Cl7 This compound contains the Ga2Cl7− ion, which has a structure similar to the dichromate, Cr2O72−, ion with two tetrahedrally coordinated gallium atoms sharing a corner. The compound can be formulated as gallium(I) heptachlorodigallate(III), GaI GaIII2Cl7. {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | || || |- |unit cell of Ga3Cl7||part of the crystal structure||structure of [Ga2Cl7]− |- |} GaCl2, GaBr2 and GaI2 These are the best known and most studied intermediate halides. They contain gallium in oxidation states +1 and +3 and are formulated GaIGaIIIX4. The dihalides are unstable in the presence of water disproportionating to gallium metal and gallium(III) entities. They are soluble in aromatic solvents, where arene complexes have been isolated and the arene is η6 coordinated to the Ga+ ion. With some ligands, L, e.g. dioxane, a neutral complex, Ga2X2L2, with a gallium-gallium bond is produced. These compounds have been used as a route into gallium chain and cluster compounds. Ga2Br3 and Ga2I3 These are formulated GaI2 GaII2Br6 and GaI2 GaII2I6 respectively. Both anions contain a gallium-gallium bond where gallium has a formal oxidation state of +2. The Ga2Br62− anion is eclipsed like the In2Br62− anion in In2Br3 whereas the Ga2I62− anion is isostructural with Si2Cl6 with a staggered conformation. Monohalides None of the monohalides are stable at room temperature. The previously reported GaBr and GaI produced from fusing gallium with the