Crystal structure of 2-methyl-1H-imidazol-3-ium aquatrichlorido(oxalato-κ2O,O′)stannate(IV)

The tin(IV) atom in the complex anion of the title salt, (C4H7N2)[Sn(C2O4)Cl3(H2O)], is in a distorted octahedral coordination environment defined by three chlorido ligands, an oxygen atom from a water molecule and two oxygen atoms from a chelating oxalate anion. The organic cation is linked through a bifurcated N—H...O hydrogen bond to the free oxygen atoms of the oxalate ligand of the complex [Sn(H2O)Cl3(C2O4)]− anion. Neighbouring stannate(IV) anions are linked through O—H...O hydrogen bonds involving the water molecule and the two non-coordinating oxalate oxygen atoms. In combination with additional N—H...Cl hydrogen bonds between cations and anions, a three-dimensional network is spanned