Potassium cation exchange with "crowned" indium(I) trifluoromethanesulfonate

Issue title: In Honor of Alan H. Cowley

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Cooper, Benjamin F. T. | Macdonald, Charles L. B.

Affiliations: Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4, Canada

Note: [] Corresponding author. E-mail: cmacd@uwindsor.ca

Abstract: The treatment of the soluble indium(I) salt [In([18]crown-6)][O_{3}SCF_{3}] with several potassium salts of the form [K][A] results in the release of the indium(I) cation from the crown ether and the production of salts of [K([18]crown-6)]^{+} and uncomplexed [In]^{+}.

Keywords: Indium, potassium, crown ethers, low oxidation state, low valent, ion exchange

DOI: 10.3233/MGC-2010-0011

Journal: Main Group Chemistry, vol. 9, no. 1-2, pp. 141-152, 2010