A linear homocatenated compound containing six indium centers

Michael S. Hill; Peter B. Hitchcock; Ruti Pongtavornpinyo

doi:10.1126/science.1123945

A linear homocatenated compound containing six indium centers

Michael S. Hill
, Peter B. Hitchcock
, Ruti Pongtavornpinyo

Imperial College London
University of Sussex

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Abstract

In contrast to carbon and its heavier congeners, group 13 elements are rarely observed to catenate into linear chains. Here, we find that treatment of indium(I) iodide with a protonated N-xylyl β-diketiminate and a strong potassium base in tetrahydrofuran yields a hexa-indium chain. X-ray crystallography revealed one β-diketiminate ligand bound to each indium center with no bridging ligands supporting the five indium-indium single bonds. The terminal indium centers were capped with iodine. Electronic spectroscopy and computations on a model compound offer preliminary support for σ delocalization along the chain.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1904-1907
Number of pages	4
Journal	Science
Volume	311
Issue number	5769
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1123945
Publication status	Published - 31 Mar 2006

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