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Modou Sarr1, Carina Merkens2, Aminata Diassé-Sarr1
1Laboratoire de Chimie Minerale et Analytique, Département de Chimie, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal.
Abstract:
The title compound, (C6H14N)2[Sn(C6H5)2Cl4], contains cyclo-hexyl-ammonium cations in general positions and a stannate(IV) anion that is located on a twofold rotation axis. The Sn(IV) atom in the complex anion is surrounded by four Cl(-) ligands and two trans-phenyl groups in a distorted octa-hedral configuration. The anions are connected with the cations through N-H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds. Every cation is involved in three N-H⋯Cl bonds to the chloride ligands of three different anions, and each chloride ligand is linked to two cations. This arrangement leads to a layered structure parallel to (010).
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