Crystal structure of bis-(diiso-propyl-ammonium) cis-di-iodido-bis-(oxolato-κ2O1,O2)stannate(IV).

In the title compound, (iPr2NH2)2[SnI2(C2O4)2], which was prepared by reacting ( i Pr2NH2+)2·C2O42- with SnI4 in a 2:1 molar ratio in a mixed ethanol-aceto-nitrile solvent, the Sn atom is coordinated by two chelating oxalate ions and two iodide ions, with the latter in a cis configuration. In the crystal, the cations are linked to the anions by N-H⋯O and bifurcated N-H⋯(O,O) hydrogen bonds, generating [10-1] chains.