@article {1240, title = {Coordination chemistry of P,O-bidentate phosphinophenolates with Ga3+ and In3+}, journal = {Dalton Transactions}, number = {13}, year = {2005}, note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: 936NJTimes Cited: 4Cited Reference Count: 63}, pages = {2268-2274}, type = {Article}, abstract = {Novel complexes of Ga3+ and In3+ were synthesized with two hetero donor phosphinophenolate ligands (PO-, ortho-phenoxydiphenylphosphine; MePO-, 5-methyl-2-phenoxydiphenylphosphine). RPO- (R = H, Me) binds in a bidentate fashion through both the hard O and the soft P donor atoms to In3+, whereas, it only binds Ga3+ through the O donor. Electrochemical synthesis proved to be a practical synthetic approach to In-2(PO)(3)Cl-3, In(PO)(3) and In(MePO)(3). [In(MePO)(H2O)Cl-2](2) and Ga(HPO)Cl-3 were synthesized from MCl3 (M = In and Ga, respectively). Both dimetallic indium complexes, [In(MePO)(H2O)Cl-2](2) and In-2(PO)(3)Cl-3, incorporate phenolate oxygen atoms bridging the two metal ions. Each pair of In atoms are in a distorted octahedral geometry in each complex, with the former complex having a coordination sphere of PO3Cl2 for both indium metal ions and the latter showing a coordination sphere of PO3Cl2 for one indium and P2O3Cl for the other. Ga(HPO)Cl-3 is a zwitterionic complex, with Ga having a OCl3 coordination core. All these complexes were fully characterized by a variety of techniques including X-ray crystallography.}, keywords = {aluminum, CRYSTAL, DERIVATIVES, gallium, INDIUM TRICHLORIDE, LIGANDS, METAL CHELATE COMPLEXES, MOLECULAR-STRUCTURE, phosphine, THALLIUM}, isbn = {1477-9226}, url = {://000229862400008}, author = {Saatchi, K. and Patrick, B. O. and Orvig, Chris} }