José Arimateia Nobrega, Clovis Peppe, José Arimateia Nobrega, Martyn A. Brown and Dennis G. Tuck
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.