Methylammonium antimony sulfide.
Bis(methylammonium) octaantimony(III) dodecasulfide persulfide, (CH3NH3)2[Sb8S12(S2)], contains pairs of [Sb4S7]2- chains joined through an unusual persulfide bond to create infinite double [Sb8S14]2- chains. The double chains are interlocked by longer Sb...S interactions to form sheets approximately parallel to the (101) crystallographic plane. Methylammonium cations, formed by decomposition of 2-methylpropane-1,2-diamine during the synthesis, are located in large (Sb8S10) hetero-ring apertures created within the double chains.
Lees
Rachel J E
RJ
Department of Chemistry, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, Scotland.
Powell
Anthony V
AV
Chippindale
Ann M
AM