A New Organic-Inorganic Compound, Ethylene-Diammonium Hexacnioridostannate(Iv) P-Amsamenyde Disolvate

The asymmetric unit of the title organic-inorganic hybrid complex [systematic name: ethane-1,2-diaminium hexachloridostannate(IV)-4-methoxybenzaldehyde (1/2)], (C2H10N2)[SnCl6]center dot 2C(8)H(8)O(2), contains one half of an ethylenediammonium cation, one half of an [SnCl6](2-) anion and one p-anisaldehyde molecule. Both the organic cation and the quasi-regular octahedral inorganic anion are located about inversion centres. The organic cations and [SnCl6](2-)anions lie in layers parallel to the ac plane with p-anisaldehyde molecules occupying the space between the layers. A network of classical N -H center dot center dot center dot Cl and N -H center dot center dot center dot O hydrogen bonds exists between the ethylenediammonium cations and the [SnCl6](2-) anions and p-anisaldehyde molecules. These interactions, together with non-classical C -H center dot center dot center dot O interactions between the ethylenediammonium cations and the p-anisaldehyde molecules, serve to hold the structure together. The crystal studied was refined as a two-component twin.