Crystal Structure of Bis(4-methoxybenzoylmethylenetriparatolyl-phosphonium μ-Iodo(diiodomercurate)) Complex, C30H30HgI3O2P

Abstract

The crystal structure of a colorless complex of [CH3OC6H4COCH2P(p·tolyl)3]2[Hg2I6] was determined by the X-ray diffraction method. All atoms occupy general positions in the monoclinic space group, P21/n and have the following unit-cell dimensions: a = 11.5933(11)A, b = 22.842(3)A, c = 12.2271(12)A, β = 103.719(8)°, Z = 4 and V = 3145.5(6)A3. The final R value is 0.0582.