Tris(2-hydroxyanilinium) hexachlorostannate(IV) chloride trihydrate

In the title compound, (C6H8NO)(3)[SnCl6]Cl center dot 3H(2)O, the asymmetric unit contains three independent cations of protonated o-aminophenol, one hexachlorostannate(IV) and one chloride anion, and three molecules of water. The crystal structure can be described as double layers of [SnCl6] octahedra and 2-hydroxyanilinium cations parallel to the ( 10 (1) over bar) plane, with the chloride ions and the water molecules sandwiched between the double layers. A myriad of hydrogen bonds, namely, cation-cation, cation-anion, cation-water and water-water, result in a complex network of intermolecular bonds reinforcing the cohesion of the ionic structure