Crystal and molecular structure of bismuth(III) 2,2-dimethylpropanoate
Abstract
X-Ray investigations of single crystals of bismuth(III) 2,2-dimethylpropanoate (pivalate), obtained by sublimation in vacuo, reveal its structure to consist of isolated tetrameric units [Bi(O2CCMe3)3]4; each of the twelve crystallographically inequivalent Bi atoms has practically the same coordination environment of nine O atoms at distances of 2.24–3.27 Å.