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inorganic compounds
The structure of the title compound, P2I4, was determined at 120 K. The structure is composed of isolated P2I4 molecules each lying on crystallographic symmetry centres. There are no apparent intermolecular contacts between the molecules. The bond distances are P-I 2.472 and 2.475 (2) Å, P-P 2.230 (3) Å.