title: N,N,N',N'-Tetra-methyl-ethylene-diammonium tetra-chloridocobaltate(II).
abstract: The asymmetric unit of the title compound, [(CH(3))(2)NH(CH(2))(2)NH(CH(3))(2)][CoCl(4)], contains a tetra-chlorido-cobalt-ate(II) dianion and two halves of two centrosymmetric, crystallographically-independent, dications. One independent dication is disordered between two conformations in a 0.784 (13):0.216 (13) ratio. In the crystal, inter-molecular N-H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds link cations and anions into chains propagated in [01]. These hydrogen bonds contribute to the distorted tetra-hedral geometry at the Co(II) atom.
authors.forename: Russell G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Baughman
authors.forename: Rebecca S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Shane
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: McCormick