A new type of organostibonic molybdate. Synthesis and structure of a tetra-n-butylammonium salt of diphenylstibonomolybdate

Reaction between Ph3SbI2 and (Bun4N)2MoO4 has led to the formation of (Bun4N)2[Ph2SbO (MoO4)]2 which is the first example of a crystalline organostibonic molybdate; it consists of two MoO4 tetrahedra bound to two octahedrally co-ordinated antimony atoms.