Dimethylindium octahydrotriborate, Me2InB3H3: synthesis, crystal structure and spectroscopic properties of a volatile indium hydride
- 1 January 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Chemical Communications
- No. 17,p. 2055-2056
- https://doi.org/10.1039/cc9960002055
Abstract
Reaction between trimethylindium and tetraborane(10) at room temperature yields the volatile, viscous liquid dimethylindium octahydrotriborate, the first reported example of a volatile indium hydride; spectroscopic properties of the vapour indicate a molecular structure akin to that of Me2A1B3H8 although the crystal structure implies a more ionic formulation, [Me2In]+[B3H8]–, with the coordination at each indium centre being augmented via secondary intermolecular interactions with terminal hydrogen atoms.Keywords
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