DIAQUADIPHENYLBIS(P-TOLUENESULFONATO)LEAD WATER (1 1)/

The polyhedron around the Pb atom in [Pb(C7H7SO3)(2)(C6H5)(2)(H2O)(2)] .H2O is a slightly distorted pentagonal bipyramid, with two C(phenyl) atoms in the apical positions and three sulfonate O atoms and two O at oms of the coordinated water molecules forming the pentagonal plane. O ne sulfonate ligand is monodentate, the second is bidentate and links a neighbouring molecule to form a chain {i.e. catenapoly nesulfonato-O )lead-mu-(p-toluenesulfonato)-O:O']}. The chains are linked by the non -coordinated water molecules to form a two-dimensional network.