Crystal engineering with short-chained amphiphiles: decasodium octa-n-butanesulfonate di-μ-chlorido-bis[dichloridopalladate(II)] tetrahydrate, a layered inorganic–organic hybrid material

Abstract

The preparation and crystal structure of the layered inorganic–organic hybrid material are presented. The crystal structure determination of Na10(C4H9SO3)8[Pd2Cl6]·4H2O is the first of a metal n-butanesulfonate and confirms a unique lamellar amphiphilic bilayered structure with the hexachloridodipalladate(II) ions unexpectedly placed within the ‘organic’ hydrophobic layer region but primarily bonded to the neighbouring ‘inorganic’ hydrophilic layers via hydrogen bonding and ‘local’ ionic interactions.