Dihydrobis(methylamine)borate triiodide.
Both cation and anion in the title compound, C2H12BN2+.I3-, lie on a crystallographic mirror plane and are bound in the lattice by N-H...I- hydrogen bonds, forming layers. Methyl-H-borane-H dihydride [-C-H(delta+)...(delta-)H-B-] interactions between molecules crosslink adjacent layers, giving ;sandwich' stacking along the a axis.
Gainsford
Graeme J
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Industrial Research Limited, Lower Hutt, New Zealand. g.gainsford@irl.cri.nz
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