Chloropyridinebis[tricarbonyl(η5-cyclopentadienyl)-tungstenio]indium
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Acta Cryst. (2005). E61, m945–m946
Only three crystal structures have been reported to date for indium complexes with In–W bond(s), and there is no X-ray structure for an indium-bridged ditungsten complex. The title complex is the first crystal structure of such a complex. The complex was prepared from InCl
3 and 2 equivalents of K[Cp(CO)
3W] followed by the addition of pyridine. The X-ray analysis revealed that the In atom has Cl and pyridine substituents and bridges two Cp(CO)
3W fragments, resulting in a distorted tetrahedral geometry around the In atom.
H. Nakazawa, M. Itazaki and M. Owaribe