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Acta Crystallographica. Section E, Structure Reports Online
|January 5, 2011
Abstract:
The structure of the title salt, 2C(2)H(7)OS(+)·Br(6)Te(2-)·2C(2)H(6)OS, displays O-H⋯O hydrogen bonding between one protonated dimethyl sulfoxide mol-ecule and a neighboring dimethyl sulfoxide mol-ecule, and an octa-hedral geometry for the Te atom; the latter is situated on a center of inversion.
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