Crystal structure of bis-(2-methyl-1H-imidazol-3-ium) μ-oxalato-bis-[n-butyl-tri-chlorido-stannate(IV)]

The Sn(IV) atom in the centrosymmetric anion of the title salt, (C4H7N2)2[Sn2(C4H9)2(C2O4)Cl6], is coordinated in a distorted octa-hedral mode by two O atoms of a bridging oxalate moiety, three Cl atoms and a C atom of an n-butyl group. The latter is disordered over two sets of sites in a 0.66:0.33 occupancy ratio. N-H⋯O and N-H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds involving the 2-methyl-imidazolium cation and neighbouring anions result in the formation of chains extending parallel to [001].