Bis(triphenylphosphine)iminium hexafluorophosphate dichloromethane solvate (1/1)

Bis(triphenylphosphine)iminium hexafluorophosphate (or bis(phosphoranylidene)ammonium hexafluorophosphate] crystallizes from dichloromethane/hexane as a (1/1) solvate, [C 36 H 30 NP 2 ][PF 6 ].CH 2 Cl 2 , in which the CH 2 Cl 2 molecule is extensively disordered. The cation and anion are essentially ions linked by some short intermolecular contacts