N‐Heterocyclic Thione‐Coordinated Dinuclear Bismuth(III) Trihalides with a Rare Geometry

Abstract

Two thione‐coordinated dinuclear bismuth(III) halides were isolated with a rare geometry and characterized using FT‐IR, NMR, and single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction techniques. The sterically less crowded N‐heterocyclic thione ligand gave bismuth(III) chloride‐thione complex in cis isomeric form, while the sterically more crowded N‐heterocyclic thione ligand gave dinuclear bismuth(III) bromide‐thione complex in facial isomeric form. Continuous shape measurement (CShM) revealed that the bismuth centres in cis‐bismuth(III) chloride‐thione complex adopts distorted octahedral geometry with the CShM values of 2.103, which is remarkably different compared to the facial‐dinuclear bismuth(III) bromide‐thione complex (1.071 and 0.391).