The electrochemical oxidation of anodic indium metal in an acetonitrile solution of phosphinothiol ligands affords[In{2-(Ph
2P)C
6H
4S}
3] (
1), [In{2-(Ph
2P)-6-(Me
3Si)C
6H
3S)}
2{2-(Ph
2PO)-6-(Me
3Si)C
6H
3S}] (
2), [In{2-(Ph
2PO)-6-(Me
3Si)C
6H
3S}
3] (
3), and [NMe
4][In{PhP(C
6H
4S-2)
2}
2]·CH
3CN (
4) complexes exhibiting distorted six-coordinategeometries based on {InS
3P
3}, {InS
3P
2O}, and {InS
4P
2} cores, respectively. In all cases, the In-P bond distancesare anomalously long, presumably as a consequence of steric crowding. The anion of
4 provides an unusualexample of an In(III)-thiolate coordination complex ion. Crystal data:
1, C
54H
42InP
3S
3, monoclinic,
P2
1/
c,
a =16.6579(1) Å,
b = 12.6628(2) Å,
c = 22.5520(3) Å,
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= 96.42(1)
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,
V = 4727.15(1) Å
3,
Z = 4, 6176 reflections,
R = 0.0579;
2, C
63H
66InOP
3S
3Si
3, monoclinic,
P2
1/
c,
a = 11.53090(10) Å,
b = 26.2505(3) Å,
c = 20.4206(2)Å,
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= 94.0870(10)
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,
V = 6165.43(11) Å
3,
Z = 4, 10 699 reflections,
R = 0.0621;
4, C
42H
41InN
2P
2S
4, monoclinic,
P2(1),
a = 13.0052(2) Å,
b = 11.2240(2) Å,
c = 14.3070(3) Å,
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= 93.190(1)
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,
V = 2085.16(7) Å
3,
Z = 2, 6651reflections,
R = 0.0352.