G. Carta et al., ADDUCTS OF INCL3, WITH LEWIS-BASES - CRYSTAL AND MOLECULAR-STRUCTURE OF [(INCL3)(2)(DME)(3)], Polyhedron, 14(13-14), 1995, pp. 1923-1928
A number of adducts of InCl3 with selected Lewis bases have been synth
esized and characterized. The complex of InCl3 with 1,2-dimethoxyethan
e (DME = CH3OCH2CH2OCH3) is characterized by two centrosymmetrically r
elated InCl3 . DME . 0.5 DME units, where the indium is six-coordinate
d to three chlorine atoms, two oxygen atoms of one chelating DME unit
and one oxygen atom of the bridging DME ligand in a fac-octahedral arr
angement. The suitability and limits of using InCl3 . 3/2DME for the s
ynthesis of InMe(3) (Me = CH3) are discussed.