metal-organic compounds
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In the title molecule, [Bi(C6H5)3(C4H5O2)2], the BiV atom is in a distorted trigonal–bipyramidal environment with carboxylate O atoms in axial positions and phenyl C atoms in the equatorial plane. The Bi—O bond lengths are 2.283 (3) and 2.309 (2) Å, but as a result of additional long BiO interactions [2.787 (3) and 2.734 (3) Å], one of the C—Bi—C angles is 148.62 (13)°. In the crystal, weak C—HO hydrogen bonds connect pairs of molecules into inversion dimers. These dimers are further connected by weak C—Hπ interactions into chains along [100] .