The toluene solvate of 1-(tetraphenylstiboxy)-3-oxybenzene (1) was synthesized by reacting pentaphenylantimony with resorcin (at a molar ratio of 1 : 1) in toluene at 20degreesC, and the 1 : 3 complex (II) of 1,4-bis(tetraphenylstiboxy)benzene with hydroquinone was synthesized by reacting pentaphenylantimony with hydroquinone (at a molar ratio of 1 : 2) under similar conditions. The structures of the compounds obtained were determined using X-ray diffraction analysis. The Sb atoms in I and II have a distorted trigonal-bipyramidal coordination to the axial phenolate groups.