Structures of triphenylbismuth dicarboxylates

Tripheylbismuth bis(trichloroacetate) (I), triphenylbismuth bis(chloroacetate) (II), and triphenylbismuth bis(bromoacetate) (III) were synthesized by the reaction of triphenylbismuth with carboxylic acid. The Bi atoms of the synthesized compounds have a distorted trigonal-bipyramidal coordination with phenyl ligands in equatorial positions. The Bi-C bond lengths lie within intervals 2.194(2)–2.201(2), 2.193(8)–2.223(7), 2.191(4)–2.220(3) Å, the distances Bi-O and Bi···O(=C) are equal 2.308(2), 2.315(2), and 2.896(2), 2.931(2); 2.289(6), 2.302(6), and 2.891(6), 2.910(6); 2.295(3), 2.312(3), and 2.893(3), 2.920(3) Å in I, II, and III, respectively. Molecules of triphenylbismuth dicarboxylates show linear dependence between the maximum equatorial angle CBiC (on the side of a contact) and intramolecular distance Bi···O(=C).