The title compound, [Sb-2(C6H5)(4)(C5H8Cl2)], is the product of a substitut
ion reaction of 2,2-bis(chloromethyl)-1,3-dichloropropane with sodium diphe
nylstibide. Adjacent phenyl groups embrace each other in a parallel fashion
in order to minimize interaction. The molecule has crystallographic twofol
d rotation symmetry.