Bis(2-Phenylethylammonium) Tetrachloridocobaltate(Ii)

Crystals of the title compound, (C6H5CH2CH2NH3)(2)[CoCl4], were grown by the solvent-evaporation method. This inorganic-organic hybrid compound exhibits a layered structure in which isolated CoCl4 inorganic layers alternate with bilayers of phenylethylammonium cations. Although the inorganic anion is zero-dimensional, the layered structure is stabilized via N-H center dot center dot center dot Cl hydrogen bonds. The CoCl4 tetrahedra connect to the cations through N-H center dot center dot center dot Cl hydrogen bonds, building a two-dimensional network extending parallel to (010).