Dinuclear indium and thallium diyls: biscarbenoids or metal cluster?

Chem Commun (Camb). 2017 Jan 26;53(9):1510-1513. doi: 10.1039/c6cc09488k.

Abstract

Using bis(β-diketiminate) ligands we were able to synthesize unprecedented indium and thallium biscarbenoids. For indium, a novel four-membered metallacycle is derived from intra- and intermolecular In-In interactions in the solid state, while for thallium only an intramolecular Tl2-pseudo-dimer is obtained. Computational studies revealed that the solid-state structures benefit significantly from dispersion stabilization.