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Reactions of neopentylindium(III) derivatives with isopropylphosphorus compounds
Beachley Jr.,Chao, Sun-Hua L.,Churchill, Melvyn Rowen,Lake, Charles H.
, p. 4896 - 4902 (2008/10/08)
A 1:1 mixture of In(CH2CMe3)3 and HP(i-Pr)2 at room temperature undergoes a very slow hydrocarbon elimination reaction to form [(Me3CCH2)2InP(i-Pr)2]2 and neopentane. The indium phosphide [(Me3CCH2)2InP(i-Pr)2]2 has also been prepared by reacting KIn(CH2- CMe3)3H with ClP(i-Pr)2 in pentane. When pentane solutions of these reagents were combined at -78°C and then maintained at ~20°C for 2 days, [(Me3CCH2)2InP(i-Pr)2]2, (Me3CCH2)3In·P(H)(i-Pr)2, (Me3CCH2)3In·P2 (i-Pr)4, (Me3CCH2)3In·P (CH2CMe3)(i-Pr)2, H2, indium metal, and KCl were observed. The formation of all products is explained by a set of experimentally verified reactions. An X-ray structural study of [(Me3CCH2)2InP(i-Pr)2]2 shows each molecule to have an unusual puckered four-membered In2P2 core.