title: Bis[hydrogen 1,1'-bis(diphenylphosphinato)ferrocenium] octachlorodiantimony(III).
abstract: In the title compound, [Fe(C(34)H(29)O(2)P(2))](2)[Sb(2)Cl(8)], the discrete centrosymmetric [Sb(2)Cl(8)]2- anions are formed from two edge-shared square pyramids of Cl atoms about each Sb atom. Within the cation, the two diphenylphosphinate groups share one H atom and the ferrocene cyclopentadienyl rings are in a staggered conformation, with the average value of the twist angle being 46 degrees. In the crystal, each [Sb(2)Cl(8)]2- anion is involved in eight C-H* * *Cl interactions with four surrounding cations and these interactions interconnect the ions to form molecular columns along the a direction.
authors.affiliation: X-ray Crystallography Unit, School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 USM, Penang, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Ibrahim Abdul
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Razak
authors.forename: Anwar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Usman
authors.forename: Hoong-Kun
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Fun
authors.forename: Bohari M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Yamin
authors.forename: Noor Azilah M
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Kasim