Abstract
Single-crystal XRD studies of Bis(4-hydroxypyridinium) hexacholorostannate(IV) reveals that the crystal belongs to a triclinic system with Pī space group. The X-ray crystallography structure has [C5H6ON]+ 0.5[SnCl6]2− asymmetric unit. The band gap value for the hybrid is 3.92 eV estimated using the Kubelka-Munk function. The Bond valence sum (BVS) of tin was calculated as 3.95 based on the Sn-Cl bond distances, which is close to its formal oxidation state of +4. Exploration of the intermolecular interactions and the crystal packing using Hirshfeld surface analysis, derived from single-crystal XRD data, reveals the close contacts associated with strong interactions.
Supplementary materials
CCDC 2156621 contains the supplementary crystallographic data for this paper. These data can be obtained free of charge from The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Center via www. ccdc.cam.ac.uk/data request/cif.
Acknowledgments
The authors thank DST PURSE Phase-II, Annamalai University for providing the single-crystal XRD facility.