Indium as an Electrophilic Center in Polyfunctional Lewis Acids

Abstract

The reaction of indium(I) bromide with ortho-phenylenemercury and 1,2-bis(bromomercurio)benzene leads to the isolation of the polyfunctional Lewis acid−Lewis base adducts (o-C6H4(InBr(THF)2))2 (2) and Hg(o-C6H4(InBr2(THF)))2 (3), respectively.