A new organic–inorganic compound, ethyl­enedi­ammonium hexa­chlorido­stannate(IV) p-anisaldehyde disolvate

The asymmetric unit of the title organic–inorganic hybrid complex [systematic name: ethane-1,2-diaminium hexa­chlorido­stannate(IV)–4-meth­oxy­benz­alde­hyde (1/2)], (C2H10N2)[SnCl6]·2C8H8O2, contains one half of an ethyl­enedi­ammonium cation, one half of an [SnCl6]2− anion and one p-anisaldehyde mol­ecule. Both the organic cation and the quasi-regular octa­hedral inorganic anion are located about inversion centres. The organic cations and [SnCl6]2− anions lie in layers parallel to the ac plane with p-anisaldehyde mol­ecules occupying the space between the layers. A network of classical N—H⋯Cl and N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds exists between the ethyl­enedi­ammonium cations and the [SnCl6]2− anions and p-anisaldehyde mol­ecules. These inter­actions, together with non-classical C—H⋯O inter­actions between the ethyl­enedi­ammonium cations and the p-anisaldehyde mol­ecules, serve to hold the structure together. The crystal studied was refined as a two-component twin.