The layer polymer {[Bi(C6H6)Cl3]2}2∞ : very weak bismuth–arene bonding in the parent compound of the bismuth analogue of menshutkin complexes
Abstract
[Bi(C6H6)Cl3, obtained from a benzene solution of BiCl3, has been shown by X-ray crystallography to be a layer polymer with very weak bismuth–benzene π-bonding.