Redetermination of tris-(N,N-diethyl-dithio-carbamato)anti-mony(III).

The title compound, [Sb(C(5)H(10)NS(2))(3)], was synthesized from Sb(2)O(3), diethyl-amine, carbon dis-ulfide, hydro-chloric acid and sodium hydroxide. The structure has been published previously but H atoms were not included in the model [Raston & White (1976 ▶). Chem. Soc. Dalton Trans. p. 791]. The current determination has significantly higher precision than the original work. The complex has three ligands. The Sb atom is coordinated by three bidentate diethyl-dithio-carbamate groups, two in an almost planar fashion and the third perpendicular to that plane with a dihedral angle of 86.429 (13)°. One ethyl group is disordered over two positions of equal occupancy.