Bis(diisopropylammonium) hexachloridostannate(IV)

Guido J Reiss,Cora Helmbrecht

doi:10.1107/s1600536812043371

Abstract

The title compound, (C6H16N)2[SnCl6], crystallizes with one diisopropylammonium cation lying on a general position and the hexachloridostannate(IV) anion about a centre of inversion. The [SnCl6]2− anion undergoes a slight distortion from octahedral symmetry as the result of the formation of four unforked charge-supported N—H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds. The hydrogen bonds between the cations and anions form layers perpendicular to [101]. These layers are built by 24-membered rings which can be classified with an R 8 8(24) graph-set descriptor. According to this hydrogen-bonding motif, the title compound is isostructural with (C6H16N)2[IrCl6].

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Institut für Anorganische Chemie und Strukturchemie, Lehrstuhl II: Material- und Strukturforschung, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstrasse 1, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
The title compound, (C6H16N)2[SnCl6], crystallizes with one diisopropylammonium cation lying on a general position and the hexachloridostannate(IV) anion about a centre of inversion
The [SnCl6]2 anion undergoes a slight distortion from octahedral symmetry as the result of the formation of four unforked charge-supported N—H Cl hydrogen bonds

Summary

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R factor = 0.021; wR factor = 0.048; data-to-parameter ratio = 41.4. The title compound, (C6H16N)2[SnCl6], crystallizes with one diisopropylammonium cation lying on a general position and the hexachloridostannate(IV) anion about a centre of inversion. The [SnCl6]2 anion undergoes a slight distortion from octahedral symmetry as the result of the formation of four unforked charge-supported N—H Cl hydrogen bonds. The hydrogen bonds between the cations and anions form layers perpendicular to [101]. These layers are built by 24membered rings which can be classified with an R88(24) graphset descriptor. According to this hydrogen-bonding motif, the title compound is isostructural with (C6H16N)2[IrCl6]

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