Diphenylantimony(III) thiocyanate: unusual thiocyanate bridging
Abstract
The thiocyanate group can bond via sulphur or nitrogen or bridge between two centres, but in diphenylantimony thiocyanate, unusual bridging gives antimony atoms coordinated by, respectively, two sulphur atoms, two nitrogen atoms and one atom of each type, allowing development of a curious infinite ‘triangular spiral’ structure in the solid state.