Unusual Tilted Carbene Coordination in Carbene Complexes of Gallium(I) and Indium(I)

Abstract

Ga,In insights: A general explanation for the unusual tilted coordination mode of undisturbed gallium(I) and indium(I) carbene complexes of the weakly coordinating anion [Al(ORF)4]− (RF=C(CF3)3) is given, which is based on the experimental structures. The results are supported by extensive DFT studies.