Crystal structure of bis-(2-methyl-1H-imidazol-3-ium) μ-oxalato-bis-[n-butyl-tri-chlorido-stannate(IV)].
The Sn(IV) atom in the centrosymmetric anion of the title salt, (C4H7N2)2[Sn2(C4H9)2(C2O4)Cl6], is coordinated in a distorted octa-hedral mode by two O atoms of a bridging oxalate moiety, three Cl atoms and a C atom of an n-butyl group. The latter is disordered over two sets of sites in a 0.66:0.33 occupancy ratio. N-H⋯O and N-H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds involving the 2-methyl-imidazolium cation and neighbouring anions result in the formation of chains extending parallel to [001].
Laboratoire de Chimie Minérale et Analytique, Département de Chimie, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal.
Mouhamadou Birame
MB
Diop
Laboratoire de Chimie Minérale et Analytique, Département de Chimie, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal.
Libasse
L
Diop
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46557-5670, USA.
Allen G
AG
Oliver
crystal structure; hydrogen bonds; organotin(IV) complex; oxalate