title: Bis(triphenyl-phospho-ranyl-idene)ammonium iodide.
abstract: The title compound, C(36)H(30)NP(2) (+)·I(-), was obtained accidently from crystallization of a reaction mixture containing [(Ph(3)P)(2)N]OH and B(OH)(3), which was contaminated with MeI. There are two independent [(Ph(3)P)(2)N](+) cations and two I(-) anions within the asymmetric unit. The central PNP angles are non-linear [137.6 (2) and 134.4 (2)°] and the phenyl substituents on P centres adopt different conformations within these two cations.
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Beckett
authors.forename: Peter N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Horton
authors.forename: Michael B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Hursthouse
authors.forename: James L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Timmis