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inorganic compounds
The structure of tin(II) oxyhydroxide, Sn6O4(OH)4, has been refined by Rietveld analysis of X-ray powder diffraction data. Atomic parameters based on the isostructural lead analogue were used in the starting model. The structure was refined in the tetragonal space group P21c with a = 7.9268 (4) and c = 9.1025 (5) Å. The title compound forms clusters of Sn6O4(OH)4 with the Sn atoms in distorted tetragonal pyramidal coordination geometries. Each Sn atom is coordinated to two bridging oxide O and two bridging hydroxy O atoms. The JCPDS file number for Sn6O4(OH)4 is 46-1486.