DOI: 10.1039/d6qi02110g ISSN: 2052-1553
Mechanochemical synthesis of a hybrid scorpionate/cyclopentadienyl In(
i
) complex: promoting S
N
2-type behaviour at a neutral In(
Takeo Iwase, Jiajing Li, Joseph Chang, Jason Wai-Lok Poon, Adel Jalaee, Carina Chau, Justin Koh, Kritika Sharma, Kudzanai Nyamayaro, Brian O. Patrick, E. Johan Foster, Jolene P. Reid, Parisa Mehrkhodavandi The mechanochemical synthesis of an In(
i
) complex using InCl is much faster with fewer impurities compared to the analogous reaction in solution. The In(
i
) complex shows S
N
2-type behaviour at the metal for the oxidative addition to alkyl halides.