Synthesis and structural characterisation of a soluble, metastable indium(I) halide complex, [InBr(tmeda)]

Chem Commun (Camb). 2008 Dec 21:(47):6285-7. doi: 10.1039/b814658f. Epub 2008 Nov 4.

Abstract

The first example of an indium(i) halide complex, [InBr(tmeda)], has been prepared by the reversible dissolution of InBr in a tmeda-toluene mixture. The structural characterisation of the metastable compound shows it to be monomeric with weak InIn interactions in the solid state. In solution, it decomposes to either InBr or [In2Br4(tmeda)2].