A mononuclear indium(I) carbene analogue.
The 'one pot' reaction between K[N(SiMe(3))(2)], InI and the beta-diimine ligand precursor [H(NDippCMe)(2)CH](Dipp = C(6)H(3)Pr(i)(2)-2,6) gave [In[(NDippCMe)(2)CH]], the first example of a two-coordinate, neutral, In(i) singlet 'carbene analogue'.
Hill
Michael S
MS
Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London, UK. mike.hill@imperial.ac.uk
Hitchcock
Peter B
PB