[Bis(3-methyl-2-thioxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-imidazolyl)borato-κ2 S,S′]dibromoindium(III)

Abstract

The structure of the title compound, [InBr2(C8H12N4BS2)], the first bis(mercaptoimidazolyl)borate (BmMe) 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 BmMe 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.