[In(4,4′-dtbu-2,2′-bipy)Cl3(DMSO)].2DMSO (1) complex was obtained from the reaction of 1 equivalent of InCl3.4H2O with 1 equivalent of 4,4′-di-tert-butyl-2,2′-bipyridine (4,4′-dtbu-2,2′-bipy) in a methanol solution. This compound was recrystallized in a DMSO/methanol solution to obtain suitable crystals for X-ray studies. This complex was characterized by elemental analysis, IR, UV-Vis,1H NMR,13C{1H} NMR, and luminescence spectroscopy and its structure was studied by the single-crystal diffraction method. The thermal stability of 1 was studied by thermal gravimetric (TG) and differential thermal analyses (DTA). [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]