Chemical Properties
Off-white powder and granules
Uses
Reactant or reagent involved in:
- Synthesis of stable indium bacteriochlorins
- Studying basicities of phosphoryl compounds toward triflates Lewis acids
- Preparation of decahydroquinoline-type toxins via intramolecular hetero Diels-Alder reactions
Catalyst for synthesis of benzoxazoles via cyclocondensations
Uses
Indium(III) trifluoromethanesulfonate is used as a Lewis acid catalyst in organic synthesis and as a co-catalyst in organometallic catalysis. It is also used as a reactant in the preparation of stable indium bacteriochlorins and decahydroquinoline-type toxins through intramolecular hetero Diels-Alder reactions. Further, it is used in the synthesis of benzoxazoles through cyclocondensations.
