Equimolar amounts of LGa (L=[(2, 6-i-Pr2-C6H3) NC (Me)] 2CH) and InEt3 were found to react with insertion into the In–carbon bond and formation of LGa (Et) InEt2 (1), while in the presence of the N-heterocyclic carbene I t-Bu [C (N t-Bu2CH) 2], the base-stabilized