1-Phenylpiperazine-1,4-diium tetrachloridocobalt(II)

Abstract

In the title molecular salt, (C10H16N2)[CoCl4], the piperazine ring of the phenylpiperazine dication adopts a chair conformation and the phenyl ring occupies an equatorial orientation. In the tetrachloridocobaltate(II) dianion, the Co—Cl bond lengths for the chloride ions not accepting hydrogen bonds are significantly shorter than those for the chloride ions accepting such bonds. In the crystal, the components are linked by N—H...Cl hydrogen bonds, generating [001] chains.