AuCl, BiCl3, and bismuth in the ionic liquid [BMIm] Cl· 4AlCl3 (BMIm= 1‐n‐butyl‐3‐
methylimidazolium) at 180° C.[Au (Bi8) 2](AlCl4) 5 crystallizes in the monoclinic space group
P21/n. In the heavy‐metal cluster [Au (Bi8) 2] 5+, two square‐antiprismatic Bi82+ polycations
coordinate the gold (I) atom in η2‐and η4‐mode, respectively. Quantum chemical
calculations demonstrate that both Bi82+ polycations involve skeletal electrons for the donor …