Table 2. Selected bond lengths (Å), angles (°) and torsion angles (°) of the Hbtc2− anion in 1.
| C1—C6 | 1.393 (2) | C2—C3 | 1.39 (2) | C4—C5 | 1.392 (2) |
| C1—C2 | 1.398 (2) | C3—C4 | 1.391 (2) | C5—C6 | 1.388 (2) |
| C2—C19 | 1.504 (2) | C4—C18 | 1.486 (2) | C6—C17 | 1.510 (2) |
| O7—C17 | 1.255 (2) | O9—C18 | 1.214 (2) | O11—C19 | 1.2555 (19) |
| O8—C17 | 1.2650 (19) | O10—C18 | 1.338 (2) | O12—C19 | 1.263 (2) |
| C2—C3—C4 | 119.79 (15) | C6—C1—C2 | 120.38 (16) | O7—C17—O8 | 125.41 (15) |
| C6—C5—C4 | 120.39 (15) | C3—C2—C1 | 119.79 (14) | O9—C18—O10 | 123.24 (16) |
| C3—C4—C5 | 120.21 (16) | C5—C6—C1 | 119.38 (15) | O11—C19—O12 | 124.16 (15) |
| C1—C6—C17—O7 | 15.5 (2) | C3—C4—C18—O10 | 17.1 (2) | C1—C2—C3—C4 | 2.5 (2) |
| C5—C6—C17—O7 | 167.31 (14) | C5—C4—C18—O10 | 164.63 (14) | C2—C3—C4—C5 | −0.5 (2) |
| C1—C6—C17—O8 | 163.84 (15) | C1—C2—C19—O11 | −163.18 (15) | C2—C1—C6—C5 | −0.4 (2) |
| C5—C6—C17—O8 | −13.4 (2) | C3—C2—C19—O11 | 13.5 (2) | C3—C4—C5—C6 | −1.5 (2) |
| C3—C4—C18—O9 | −163.64 (16) | C1—C2—C19—O12 | 15.8 (2) | C4—C5—C6—C1 | 1.6 (2) |
| C5—C4—C18—O9 | 14.6 (2) | C3—C2—C19—O12 | −167.44 (15) | C6—C1—C2—C3 | −2.4 (2) |