Structure of bis(2-pyridine-N-oxide) diselenide and its formation from tetraphenylantimony(V)selenopyridine-N-oxide

The structure of bis(2-pyridine-N-oxide) diselenide was determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction. The compound crystallized in the triclinic system and the structure was solved in the space group. The lattice constants were determined to bea=7.174(2),b=7.176(2),c=11.070(2) , =87.67(2)°, =73.68(2)°, and =89.57(2)°;Z=2,D_x=1.906 Mg m^–3. The final least squares refinement based on 1942 independent observed reflections yieldedR=0.033,wR=0.044. The Se–Se bond length is 2.326(1) and each Se is coordinated to the O atom of the corresponding N-oxide moiety at a distance of about 2.6 .