title: 2-(3-Pyridinio)benzimidazolium penta-chloridoanti-monate(III) monohydrate.
abstract: In the title compound, (C(12)H(11)N(3))[SbCl(5)]·H(2)O, the Sb(III) centre is surrounded by five Cl atoms and displays a distorted square-pyramidal coordination geometry. The dihedral angle formed by the plane of the imidazole ring system with the pyridine ring is 4.380 (15)°. The crystal structure is stabilized by N-H⋯Cl, O-H⋯Cl and N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming a three-dimensional network.
authors.affiliation: Ordered Matter Science Research Center, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Li-Jing
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: Hai-Jun
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Ke-Ji
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Pan