Kinetic control over the thermal stability of the In-H bond: Synthesis and characterization of amido indium hydride complexes

Abstract

High thermal stability is a characteristic feature of the depicted amido indium hydride complex (In red; hydride yellow), which is amongst the first to be synthesized and characterized. The stability arises from steric shielding of the In-H bond, which frustrates the formation of the intermolecular In-H-In bridges.