Bis(-iodo)-tetrakis(O-methyl N-phenylthiocarbamate)-tetraiodo-dibismuth

In order to investigate the coordination chemistry of O-alkyl N-aryl thiocarbamate ligands, BiI3 was reacted with two equivalents of MeOC(=S)N(H)Ph in MeCN solution to afford the dinuclear title compound complexes [{I2Bi(mu(2)-I)(2)BiI2}{kappa(1)-MeOC(=S)N(H)Ph}(4)] 1. Compound 1 was characterized by IR, UV and NMR spectroscopy, the formation of a dinuclear framework is ascertained by a single-crystal X-ray diffraction study performed at 100 K.