Kamaha Shouassi, Reuter Hans
Institut für Chemie neuer Materialien, Strukturchemie, Universität Osnabrück, Barbarastrasse 7, D-49069 Osnabrück, Germany.
Acta Crystallogr Sect E Struct Rep Online. 2013 Apr 5;69(Pt 5):i25. doi: 10.1107/S1600536813008416. Print 2013 May 1.
The title compound, Li2[Sn(OH)6]·2H2O, is dimorphic. As for the previously described α-modification, the title β-modification crystallizes in the monoclinic system and contains the same primary building units, viz Sn(OH)6 octa-hedra and [Li(μ2-OH)3(H2O)] tetra-hedra. In contrast to the Sn-O bond lengths that are very similar in both modifications, the Li-O bond lengths differ significantly, in particular those involving the water mol-ecule. In the new β-modification, the primary building units are linked into layers parallel to (010). The Sn(OH)6 octa-hedra (-1 symmetry) form hexa-gonal nets and the [Li(μ2-OH)3(H2O)] tetra-hedra are situated in between, with their apices in an alternating fashion up and down. O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds between OH groups and water mol-ecules exist within the layers as well as between them.