Acta Cryst. (2006). E62, m702-m704  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536806007732 ]

[Bis(3-methyl-2-thioxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-imidazolyl)borato-²S,S']dibromoindium(III)

S. C. Hill, D. S. Jones and D. Rabinovich

Abstract: The structure of the title compound, [InBr₂(C₈H₁₂N₄BS₂)], the first bis(mercaptoimidazolyl)borate (Bm^Me) complex of indium to be structurally characterized, has been determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The four-coordinate In atom displays a distorted tetrahedral geometry in the solid state and is surrounded by the two thione groups of a Bm^Me ligand and two bromides, with an average In-Br bond distance of 2.494 Å. The presence of a crystallographically imposed mirror plane results in the observation of a unique In-S bond length of 2.4407 (11) Å.

Online 8 March 2006

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