title: Bi(iii) polybromides: a new chapter in coordination chemistry of bismuth.
abstract: A new family of bismuth coordination compounds - Bi(iii) polybromides - is introduced. Four representatives of this class - (N-EtPy)3[Bi2Br9](Br2)2 (1), (4-MePyH)3[Bi2Br9](Br2) (2), (H2bpe){[BiBr5]}(Br2) (3) and (BPB)2[BiBr5(Br3)](Br3)(Br2) (4) - were obtained in a simple way from HBr solutions of BiBr3 with added Br2, highlighting the diversity of the structural types in the new family of complexes.
authors.affiliation: Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry SB RAS, Lavrentieva St. 3, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia. adonin@niic.nsc.ru.
authors.forename: Sergey A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Adonin
authors.forename: Igor D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Gorokh
authors.forename: Denis G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Samsonenko
authors.forename: Maxim N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Sokolov
authors.forename: Vladimir P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Fedin