Bis(tetrabutylammonium) tetrachloridomanganate( II) dichloromethane disolvate

The title compound, (C16H36N)2[MnCl4] 2CH2Cl2, is an ionic organic-inorganic hybride compound consisting of a tetrabutylammonium cation and a tetrachloridomanganate( II) anion in a 2:1 stoichiometric ratio. The cation contains a central nitrogen atom bonded to four n-butyl groups in a tetrahedral arrangement, while the anion contains a central MnII atom tetrahedrally coordinated by four chlorido ligands. It co-crystallized with two equivalents of dichloromethane solvent, CH2Cl2, to give the following empirical formula: [(C4H9)4N]2[MnCl4] (CH2Cl2)2. The crystal structure is mainly stabilized by Coulombic interactions.