Acta Cryst. (2007). E63, m1583  [ doi:10.1107/S160053680702034X ]

Bis(2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium) tetrachloridocadmate(II)

S.-F. Zhang, X.-G. Yang, Z. Liu, W.-H. Li and B.-R. Hou

Abstract: The title compound, (C₁₉H₁₅N₄)₂[CdCl₄], a salt comprising two 2,3,5-triphenyl-substituted tetrazolium cations and a tetrachloridocadmate(II) anion, was synthesized by hydrothermal methods. In the anion, the Cd^II ion is tetrahedrally coordinated by four chloride anions. In the crystal structure, four cations and two anions pack into inversion-related subunits linked by C-HCl and offset -stacking interactions. Each of these subunits is surrounded by six others. Intermolecular - stacking interactions between phenyl rings are observed along the a axis, with perpendicular distances between the ring planes of 3.6015 and 3.6934 Å.

Online 3 May 2007

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