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trimethylindium
Sign in to saveTrimethylindium, often abbreviated to TMI or TMIn, is the organoindium compound with the formula In(CH3)3. It is a colorless, pyrophoric solid. Unlike trimethylaluminium, but akin to trimethylgallium, TMI is monomeric.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C3H9In
- Molecular weight
- 159.92 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- trimethylindigane
- SMILES
- C[In](C)C
- InChIKey
- IBEFSUTVZWZJEL-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 0
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Has part
- hydrogen
- Mass
- 159.974303
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- Trimethylindium
- canonical SMILES
- C[In](C)C
- chemical formula
- C₃H₉In
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Trimethylindium, often abbreviated to TMI or TMIn, is the organoindium compound with the formula In(CH3)3. It is a colorless, pyrophoric solid. Unlike trimethylaluminium, but akin to trimethylgallium, TMI is monomeric.
==Preparation== TMI is prepared by the reaction of indium trichloride with methyl lithium. InCl3 + 3LiMe → Me3In.OEt2 + 3LiCl
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