Crystal and Molecular Structure of BiCl3(15-Crown-5)

Single crystals of complex BiCl3(15-crown-5) were synthesized by gel method, and the structure was solved from X-ray diffraction data by direct and Fourier methods. The crystal is orthorhombic, space group is P212121 with unit cell parameters:a = 7. 677(4), 6=13. 254(6) and c= 15. 911(6) A , and 2=4. The final structural refinement converged with unweighted and weighted factors of 0. 053 and 0. 063 respectively for 1290 observed reflections. The structure consists of discrete BiCl3(15-crown-5) molecules in which bismuth atom is sandwiched between two essentially parallel planes, one of which contains five oxygen atoms and the other contains three chlorine atoms.