The synthesis of homoleptic gallium(III) bis(dimethylsilyl)amide Ga[N(SiHMe 2 ) 2 ] 3 was attempted via different pathways. A transsilylamination protocol using Ga[N(SiMe 3 ) 2 ] 3 and HN(SiHMe 2 ) 2 was unsuccessfully applied. An unexpected side product, MeGa[N(SiMe 3 ) SiMe 2 N(SiMe 3 ) 2 ] 2 , could be obtained from the synthesis of homoleptic gallium(III) bis(trimethylsilyl)amide via GaCl 3 and LiN(SiMe 3 ) 2 . Alkane elimination from Me 3 Ga or Et 3 Ga and HN(SiHMe 2 ) 2 did not lead to the isolation of Ga[N(SiHMe 2 ) 2 ] 3 either. When a salt metathesis route was conducted, reacting GaCl 3 with LiN(SiHMe 2 ) 2 , the silylamido-bridged dimeric hydride complex {H 2 Ga[μ-N(SiHMe 2 ) 2 ]} 2 was obtained. Its further reaction with N,N,N′,N′-tetramethylethylendiamine (tmeda) gave the dinuclear, tmeda-bridged {[H 2 GaN(SiHMe 2 ) 2 ] 2 (μ-tmeda)}.