Stähler Ralph, Bensch Wolfgang
Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Olshausenstrasse 40, D-24098 Kiel, Germany.
Acta Crystallogr C. 2002 Nov;58(Pt 11):m537-8. doi: 10.1107/s0108270102017754. Epub 2002 Oct 22.
Turquoise crystals of the title salt, propylammonium di-mu-thio-1:2 kappa(4)S-dithio-2 kappa(2)S-tris(2-aminoethyl)amine-1 kappa(4)N-antimony(V)nickel(II), (C(3)H(10)N)[NiSbS(4)(C(6)H(18)N(4))] or [PAH][Ni(tren)SbS(4)] [where tren is tris(2-aminoethyl)amine and PA is propylamine], were synthesized under solvothermal conditions by reacting [Ni(tren)(2)]Cl(2), Sb and S in a solution of PA. The Ni(II) ion is octahedrally surrounded by four N atoms of the tetradentate tren molecule and by two S atoms of the tetrahedral Sb(V)S(4) anion, thus forming the anionic Ni(tren)SbS(4) part of the compound. Charge balance is achieved through the PAH(+) cation. An extended intermolecular hydrogen-bonding network is observed between the anion and the cation.