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Acta Cryst. (2009). E65, m133 [ doi:10.1107/S1600536808043523 ]

2-(4-Pyridinio)benzimidazolium tetrachloridopalladium(II)

J. Chen and S.-F. Wu

Abstract: The asymmetric unit of the title compound, (C₁₂H₁₁N₃)[PdCl₄], consists of a 2-(4-pyridinio)benzimidazolium cation and two half [PdCl₄]^2- anions, which are located on inversion centres. The cations lie in sheets parallel to ( $\\overline{2}$ 1 $\\overline{2}$ ). The cations and anions are connected by N-HCl and C-HCl contacts.

Online 8 January 2009