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Construction and Systematical Symmetric Studies of a Series of Supramolecular Clusters with Binary or Ternary Ammonium Triphenylacetates
Published on: February 15, 2016
(μ-2,3-Dibromo-succinato-κO:O)bis-[methano-lato-κO)triphenyl-anti-mony(V)]
Abstract:
In the title mol-ecule, [Sb(2)(C(6)H(5))(6)(C(4)H(4)Br(2)O(4))(CH(3)O)(2)], two [Sb(CH(3)O)Ph(3)](+) units are linked by the two carboxyl-ate O atoms of a meso-2,3-dibromo-succinate bridging ligand, forming a dinuclear compound. The Sb(IV) atom is five-coordinated in a slightly distorted trigonal-bipyramid geometry by phenyl C atoms in the equatorial positions and two O atoms in the axial positions. C-H⋯O inter-actions link the mol-ecules into a two-dimensional network parallel to (010). The -CH- group of the centrosymmetric 2,3-dibromosuccinate anion is disordered over two sites in a 0.6:0.4 ratio.
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