Synthesis and structure of bismuth-containing complexes [(Ph4BiO)2{2,5-(CH3)2C6H3S(O)}2+ [Ph2Bi2I6]2,[(Ph4Bi]+[PhBi(C5H5N)I3]–, [Ph4Sb[Bi4I16]4·2(CH3)2 C=O, and [Ph4Sb3+[Bi5I18]3–

The reactions of tetraphenylbismuthonium and -stibonium salts Ph4EX (E = Bi, Sb; X = I, OSO2 (C6H3(CH3)2-2,5), OSO2C6H3(OH-4)(COOH-3)) with bismuth triiodide in acetone afford complexes [Ph4Bi]+[PhBi(C5H5N)I3]-, [(Ph4BiO)2S(O){2,5-(CH3)2C6H3S(O)} [Ph2Bi2I6]2–, [Ph4Sb [Bi4I16]4-·2(CH3)2C=O, and [Ph4Sb]3++ [Bi5I18]3-, whose structural units, according to the X-ray diffraction data, are tetraphenylbismuthonium (-stibonium) cations and mono-, di-, tetra-, and pentanuclear anions, respectively.