Acta Cryst. (2009). E65, m1499  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536809045474 ]

(m-Phenylenedimethylene)bis(triphenylphosphonium) bis[chlorido(pentafluorophenyl)aurate(I)] dichloromethane disolvate

C. E. Strasser, K. Coetzee, S. Cronje and H. G. Raubenheimer

Abstract: The title compound, (C₄₄H₃₈P₂)[AuCl(C₆F₅)]₂·2CH₂Cl₂, crystallizes with a twofold rotation axis through the central benzene ring in the bis-phosphonium dication. In the crystal, the dications and anions are ordered into columns running parallel to the c axis by contacts of the pro-ylidic CH₂ groups with the Cl atom of one and an ortho-F atom of another anion. The space between the columns is occupied by CH₂Cl₂ solvent molecules.

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