“…A variety of anions of formula [ECl 2 Ph 2 ] À are known for arsenic (Grewe et al, 1998) and antimony (Sheldrick & Martin, 1992;Hall & Sowerby, 1988;Calderazzo et al, 1991;Stark et al, 1999). For bismuth, the [BiBr 2 Ph 2 ] À (Stark et al, 1999;Clegg et al, 1992) and [BiI 2 Ph 2 ] À (Clegg et al, 1993) ions have been structurally characterized.…”