Molecular structure of the unusual tris(tribromoindate)methane anion, [HC(InBr3)3]3–
Abstract
The title molecule, which is obtained as the tetraphenylphosphonium salt following the reaction of InBr and HCBr3, is shown to involve pseudo-tetrahedral carbon and indium(III) sites; it is a member of a series of related [H4–nC(InBr3)n]n– anions.