R. Didchenko, J. Alix, R. H. Toeniskoetter
Jul 1, 1960
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Journal of Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry
Abstract
Abstract Trimethylindium reacts with phosphine at its boiling point to form a 1:1 adduct, which decomposes on warming to −78°C into the starting materials (75 per cent) and the compound [MeInPH] x (25 per cent). The latter material is also formed quantitatively when phosphine gas is bubbled through a solution of trimethylindium in benzene at 0–23°C. The compound decomposes sometimes explosively into indium phosphide and methane when heated to 270–300°C in inert atmospheres or in vacuo . No evidence for the existence of (Me 2 InPH 2 ) n has been found.