3,14-Diethyl-2,13-diaza-6,17-diazoniatricyclo[16.4.0.07,12]docosane dichloride tetrahydrate from synchrotron radiation

The asymmetric unit of title hydrated salt, C22H46N42+·2Cl−·4H2O, comprises half a centrosymmetric dication, one Cl− anion and two water molecules of crystallization. The structure determination reveals that protonation has occurred at diagonally opposite amine N atoms, and that the dication features intramolecular N—H...N hydrogen bonds. In the crystal, a three-dimensional artchitecture is formed by O—H...Cl/N and N—H...Cl/O hydrogen bonds