Stable group 13 metal chlorobenzene complexes of general type [(Pr-i(2)-ATI
)MR][B(C6F5)(4)](ClPh) (M = Al, Ga, In; Pr-i(2)-ATI = N,N ' -diisopropylami
notroponiminate) have been isolated. X-ray crystallographic studies show th
at the PhCl ligands in these compounds are coordinated by dative M-ClPh bon
ding and suggest that pi -stacking interactions between the PhCl phenyl rin
g and the iPr2-ATI ligand may also contribute to the PhCl coordination.