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The Preparation and Crystal Structure of Ammonium Bismuth(III) Thiosalicylate Dihydrate

Dalius S. Sagatys, Graham Smith, Raymond C. Bott and Peter C. Healy

Australian Journal of Chemistry 56(9) 941 - 943
Published: 20 August 2003

Abstract

The bismuth(III) complex of thiosalicylic acid (2-mercaptobenzoic acid; H2L), ammonium tris(2-mercaptobenzoato-O,S) bismuth(III) dihydrate, {(NH4)3[Bi(L)3]·2 H2O}, has been prepared and its crystal structure determined. The distorted octahedral tris-bidentate complex unit has pseudo-C3 symmetry with the facially related thiolate sulfur donors providing a regular facial cap to the octahedron (Bi–S 2.595, 2.596, 2.596(5) Å) with the Bi–O(carboxylate) distances less regular (2.715, 2.741, 2.785(15) Å). The network polymeric structure is stabilized by hydrogen-bonding associations through both the ammonium counter ions and the lattice water molecules.

https://doi.org/10.1071/CH03067

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