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metal-organic compounds
The title structure, tetrethylammonium tetrakis(isothiocyanato)(2,2'-bipyrimidine-N,N')chromium(III), [(C2H5)4N][Cr(NCS)4(C8H6N4)], consists of discrete [Cr(NCS)4(bipym)]- and [(C2H5)4N]+ ions. The Cr3+ ion lies on a mirror plane and has regular octahedral coordination polyhedron. The bipym group is planar, with unexceptional bond distances and angles.