trans-Dichlorido­tetra­kis­[(di­methyl­phosphor­yl)methanaminium-κO]cobalt(II) tetra­chloridocobaltate(II)

The asymmetric unit of the title structure, [CoCl(2)(C(3)H(11)NOP)(4)][CoCl(4)](2), consists of one half of the trans-dichlorido­tetra­kis­[(di­methyl­phosphor­yl)methanaminium]cobalt(II) tetra­cation lying on an inversion center and one tetra­chloridocobaltate(II) dianion on a general position. Four O-coordinated cationic (di­methyl­phosphor­yl)methanaminium (dpmaH(+)) ligands occupy the equatorial coordination sites, whereas the chloride ligands occupy axial positions of the roughly o­cta­hedral coordination polyhedron of the cobalt metal center. Intra­molecular hydrogen bonds between the aminium groups and the O atom of the phosphoryl groups and additional hydrogen bonds between the aminium groups and the chloride ligands are present. Furthermore, four of the six H atoms not involved in intra­molecular bonding of each cobalt(II) tetra­cation form weak hydrogen bonds to four adjacent tetra­chloridocobaltate(II) counter-anions. By these inter­molecular hydrogen bonds, one-dimensional polymeric strands are formed along the b-axis direction. The hydrogen bonding is analyzed using the graph-set method and the structural similarity with dpmaHCl is discussed.