Synthesis and molecular structures of dialkylselenonium methylide complexes of indium tribromide

The reaction of bromomethyl-dibromo-indium(III), Br2InCH2Br with dialkylselenides, R1SeR2 (R1 = CH3, R2 = CH2C6H5; R1 = C2H5, R2 = CH2C6H5; R1 = R2 = CH2C6H5) afforded the corresponding dialkylselenonium methylide complexes of indium tribromide, Br3InCH2SeR1R2, which were fully characterized by NMR spectroscopy and single crystal X-ray diffraction studies.