“…The tendency of halogens to catenate and form extended polyanions with general formula X nÀ 2m þ n ðn; m > 0Þ increases on passing from chlorine to iodine [2]. Thus, while a large number of discrete polyiodides [2,3], up to I 3À 29 [4], and some examples of infinite networks [5,6] are known, only few extended polybromides, such as Br 2À 4 [7,8] and Br 2À 8 [9], and only one case of infinite polybromide network [10] have been characterised in the solid state. The nature of the component building blocks is reflected in the Raman response of the assembled frameworks, since all polyhalide and polyhalogen networks show Raman peaks related to the vibrational modes of X 2 and X À 3 building blocks perturbed by XÁ Á ÁX and/or XÁ Á Ádonor interactions [5,11,12].…”