Acta Crystallographica Section E

Structure Reports Online

Volume 63, Part 2 (February 2007)

metal-organic compounds

sa2039 scheme

Acta Cryst. (2007). E63, m379-m381 [ doi:10.1107/S160053680605656X ]

Tris(2-hydroxyanilinium) hexachlorostannate(IV) chloride trihydrate

S. Bouacida, H. Merazig, P. Benard-Rocherulle and C. Rizzoli

Abstract: In the title compound, (C₆H₈NO)₃[SnCl₆]Cl·3H₂O, the asymmetric unit contains three independent cations of protonated o-aminophenol, one hexachlorostannate(IV) and one chloride anion, and three molecules of water. The crystal structure can be described as double layers of [SnCl₆] octahedra and 2-hydroxyanilinium cations parallel to the (10 $\overline{1}$ ) plane, with the chloride ions and the water molecules sandwiched between the double layers. A myriad of hydrogen bonds, namely, cation-cation, cation-anion, cation-water and water-water, result in a complex network of intermolecular bonds reinforcing the cohesion of the ionic structure.