Tetrakis(o-benzoylbenzoato-O,O')lead(IV) Dichloromethane Solvate

In the title complex, [Pb(C₁₄H₉O₃)₄].CH₂Cl₂, the Pb atom is located at a point of symmetry () and is coordinated by eight carboxylate O atoms of four benzoylbenzoate anions at the corners of a somewhat distorted trigonal dodecahedron [Pb-O 2.317 (9) and 2.235 (9) Å]. The dichloromethane solvent molecule is disordered in holes in the crystal structure, on the fourfold inversion axis between the Pb atoms.

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