Tetrameric indium trichloride, a new modification of a widely used compound.
The title compound, hexa-mu-chloro-1:2kappa(4)Cl;2:3kappa(4)Cl;3:4kappa(4) Cl-hexachlor o-1kappa(2)Cl,2kappaCl,3kappaCl, 4kappa(2)Cl-hexakis(diethylamine)-1kappa(2)N,2kappa N,3kappaN, 4kappa(2)N-tetraindium(III), [(InCl(3))(4)(Et(2)NH)(6)] or [In(4)Cl(12)(C(4)H(11)N)(6)], lies about an inversion centre and consists of four octahedrally coordinated In centres linked by bridging Cl atoms to form three four-membered In(2)Cl(2) rings.
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