Gmelin Handbook of Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry

This volume is a comprehensive collection of organoindium compounds which have been of increasing interest in the last few years. It covers all of the chemical, physical, and structural information of compounds containing an indium-to-carbon bond. It begins with In(CH3)3, the most studied organoindium compound, it being not only the starting material for many other organo-indium compounds but also being an important chemical agent in producing semiconducting layers by gas phase epitaxy (MOVPE), and ends with studies on the interacton of indium with carbon monoxide in an argon matrix. Among the many topics covered are the bonds of organoindium fragments to group 15 to 17 elements. Compounds of these types have increasingly been tested as source materials for MOVPE experiments. A special chapter is dedicated to indium in lower oxidation states, especially C5H5In, and their substituted derivatives in which formal In(I) is bonded to the ligand in an n5-manner. The structural versatility in organoindium compounds has stimulated much recent interest. Various types of bridging systems involving four- to eight-membered indium-containing heterocycles or polymers are well documented.