A variety of R 3 PI 4 compounds have been synthesized and characterised by elemental analysis, NMR and visible spectroscopy. Apart from Ph 3 PI 4 , all are reported for the first time. X-Ray crystallographic studies on two of these materials, Pr i 3 PI 4 and (Pr n 2 N) 3 PI 4 , revealed different solid-state structures which are, in turn, different to both the two polymorphs of Ph 3 PI 4 and Fc 3 PI 4 (Fc = ferrocenyl) the crystal structures of which have been previously reported. The compound Pr i 3 PI 4 exists as [(IPPr i 3 ) 2 I 3 ]I 3 , which contains two [IPPr i 3 ] ϩ cations independently weakly linked to one of the two terminal iodine atoms of the same triiodide anion. The structure also contains a discrete triiodide anion. The compound (Pr n 2 N) 3 PI 4 exhibits very little anion-cation interaction. Of the two molecules present in the asymmetric unit, one exhibits no anion-cation interaction, while the other shows only a very weak contact [d(I-I)] (cation-anion) = 3.944(2) Å.