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metal-organic compounds
The title compound, [BiCl3(1,2,3-Me3C6H3)], contains quasi-dimeric units of arene-coordinated BiCl3 fragments that are further associated via additional Bi—Cl contacts to form coordination-polymeric layers. The resulting coordination number of Bi is 3 + 3 + 1 (primary + secondary Cl contacts + arene). The Bi—arene bonding is characterized by Bi—C distances in the range 3.168 (7)–3.751 (8) Å.