Di-μ-carbonyl-bis­[bis­(triphenyl­phos­phane)rhodium(0)](Rh—Rh) acetone disolvate

The dirhodium complex, [Rh₂(C₁₈H₁₅P)₄(CO)₂]·2(CH₃)₂CO, has crystallographic twofold symmetry and the Rh—Rh distance is 2.6266 (8) Å. The four atoms proximate to each Rh atom [Rh—P = 2.3222 (7) and 2.3283 (8) Å, and Rh—C = 1.961 (3) and 2.045 (3) Å] form a distorted tetra­hedron with large deviations from the putative tetra­hedral angles [r.m.s. deviation = 23 (1)°]. The six angles more closely approximate those of a trigonal bipyramid [r.m.s. deviation = 14 (1)°] with one missing equatorial ligand. The two bridging carbonyl ligands are much more linearly coordinated to one Rh [Rh—C[triple bond]O = 151.0 (2)°] than to the other [127.0 (2)°], and the two Rh₂CO planes form a dihedral angle of 45.43 (5)°. The two acetone solvent mol­ecules are disordered, and their estimated scattering contribution was subtracted from the observed diffraction data using the SQUEEZE routine in PLATON [Spek (2009). Acta Cryst. D65, 148–155].