Bis(isopropyltriphenylphosphonium) di-μ-iodido-bis[iodidocopper(I)]

The title compound, (C(21)H(22)P)(2)[Cu(2)I(4)], prepared from reaction between copper powder, iodine and isopropyl triphenyl-phospho-nium iodide in hydroxy-acetone (acetol), shows an already known Cu(2)I(4) (2-) anion with a planar conformation [Cu-I range = 2.5108 (3)-2.5844 (3) Å and I-Cu-I range = 110.821 (10)-125.401 (10)°].