Traore Bocar, Boye Mouhamadou Sembene, Sidibe Mamadou, Diop Libasse, Guionneau Philippe
Departement de Chimie, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh, Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal.
Acta Crystallogr Sect E Struct Rep Online. 2013 Jan 1;69(Pt 1):m42. doi: 10.1107/S1600536812049689. Epub 2012 Dec 12.
The crystal structure of the title salt, (C25H22P)[Sn(C6H5)3Cl2] or (PhCH2PPh3)[SnPh3Cl2], consists of PhCH2PPh3 cations and SnPh3Cl2 anions in which the Sn(IV) atom is linked to two Cl atoms and three phenyl groups in a trigonal-bipyramidal geometry, with the Cl atoms in trans positions. The cation adopts a tetra-hedral geometry. In the crystal, the cations and the anions are connected by C-H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds, leading to an infinite chain propagating along the c direction.