Acta Cryst. (2007). E63, m1746  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536807023318 ]

catena-Poly[1,10-phenanthroline-1,10-diium [[dichloridobismuthate(III)]-di--chlorido]]

F. Li, H. Yin and J. Simpson

Abstract: The asymmetric unit of the title compound, {(C₁₂H₁₀N₂)[BiCl₄]}_n, comprises one 1,10-phenanthrolinium dication and one Bi atom with two terminal and two bridging chloride anions. The Bi atoms adopt a distorted octahedral configuration and are each bridged to two other Bi atoms by four chloride ligands to generate a one-dimensional polymer chain running along a. C-HCl hydrogen bonds link the phenanthrolinium dications to these chlorobismuthate chains.

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