Synthesis and crystal and molecular structure of In(C5Me5) - an apparent octahedral cluster

Potassium cation exchange with "crowned" indium(I) trifluoromethanesulfonate

“…In particular, we wished to ascertain if the reaction of 1 with K(C 5 Me 5 ), KCp*, is suitable for the preparation of the well-known organo-indium(I) compound Cp*In [32,33]. The treatment of 1 with KCp* in toluene results in the formation of a brown solution and immediate precipitate.…”

Clusters of IIA and IIIA groups metals: synthesis and reactivity

“…These compounds can be treated as salts of the simplest (M*" 1 ") cluster cation. 16 Only the simplest binuclear compounds have been obtained using classical methods of synthesis, 17 though the ^(CsMesĥ examer (which is formally a cluster with an octahedral In6 metal core) has been synthesised by the reaction between InCl and Li(CsMes). However, the In-In distances in this compound are so large (3.9 A) that there is no justification for assuming the formation of metal-metal bonds.…”

On the reactions of the tetraindium cluster In4[C(SiMe3)3]4: Insertion of the monomeric fragments InC(SiMe3)3 into chalcogen–chalcogen bonds

“…For many years, cyclopentadienyl derivatives [1][2][3][4][5][6] and the monomeric compound with the crowded o-terphenyl ligand C 6 H 3 -2,6-Trip 2 (Trip = -C 6 H 2 -2,4,6-i-Pr 3 ) [7] were the only well characterized organanometallic indium(I) compounds. About a decade ago, the first alkylindium(I) derivative, In 4 [C(SiMe 3 ) 3 ] 4 (1), was obtained by the reaction of InBr with LiC(SiMe 3 ) 3 .…”