Using 293 K diffractometer intensity data, the crystal structures of [H3N(CH2)3NH3]3(BiX6)2(H2O)2 with X - Cl, Br have been determined by single crystal X-ray technique and refined to a final Rw of 0.027 and 0.043, respectively. The structures are isotypic, space group P21/c, Z = 2 with a = 14.415(1). b = 9.7401(7), c = 12.4609(9)Å, β = 105.997(8)°for X - Cl and a = 14.794(2), b = 10.127(2), c = 12.853(2)Å, β = 105.68(2)° for X - Br. Statically distorted BiX63- octahedra confirm the symmetry rules for the stereochemistry of the lone pair electrons in AX6E-systems. Basic structural data for all compounds containing BiX63- and SbXh3 ions (X = Cl, Br, I) known to date are given including the ⊿-values as a measure for the distortion of the octahedral coordination polyhedron
