Crystal Structure Determination of mer-trichlorido tris(dimethyl sulfide)rhodium(III)

The rhodium(III) ion is octahedrally coordinated by the sulfur atoms of the three dimethyl sulfide molecules,and three chloride atoms in distorted octahedral configuration. X-ray crystallography shows an orthorhombic unit cell, space group P21P21P21 (No.19),with Z = 4, a = 7.9835(10) Ǻ , b = 13.312(2) Ǻ , c = 13.6450(18) Ǻ, V = 1450.1(3) Ǻ3 at T = 290(2) K for structure of the title compound.