title: (2,2'-Bipyridine-κ(2) N,N')[bis-(diphenyl-thio-phosphino-yl)meth-yl]lithium(I) benzene monosolvate.
abstract: In the title benzene-solvated heteroleptic lithium complex, [Li(C25H21P2S2)(C10H8N2)]·C6H6, the Li(I) ion is four-coordinated in a distorted tetra-hedral geometry by two S atoms and two N atoms of the two chelating ligands, viz. bis-(diphenyl-thio-phosphino-yl)methyl and 2,2'-bipyridine. The 2,2'-bipyridine mol-ecule is slightly twisted with a dihedral angle between the pyridine rings of 7.35 (12)°. Intra-molecular C-H⋯S hydrogen bonds are present. In the crystal, mol-ecules are stacked along the c axis by π-π inter-actions, with centroid-centroid distances of 3.6021 (15) and 3.6401 (16) Å. The crystal structure also features weak C-H⋯π inter-actions.
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Wenshan
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: Suchada
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chantrapromma
authors.forename: Hoong-Kun
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Fun