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<h2>Acta Crystallographica Section C</h2><h3>Crystal Structure Communications</h3><h3>0108-2701</h3> <h2>metal-organic compounds</h2> Volume 51 Part 2 Pages 190-193 February 1995 <h2>Bis(hexadecylpyridinium) Bis(3,6-dichloro-4,5-dihydroxy-3,5-cyclohexadiene-1,2-dionato- 2 O 4 , O 5 )beryllium</h2> H. Burzlaff, J. Lange, R. Spengler, M. I. Karayannis and P. G. Veltsistas Bis(hexadecyipyridinium) Bis(3,6-dichloro- 4,5-dihydroxy-3,5-cyclohexadiene- 1,2- dionato-h~ 04,05 )beryllium HANS BURZLAFF, JOACHIM LANGE AND ROLAND SPENGLER Institut fiir Angewandte Physik, Lehrstuhl fiir Kristallographie, Universitgit Erlangen-Niirnberg, Bismarckstrasse 10, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany MILTIADIS I. KARAYANNIS AND PANOS G. VELTSISTAS Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of loannina, loannina, Greece (Received 25 March 1994; accepted 6 June 1994) Abstract The title compound, 2C21H38N[Be(C6C1204)2], con- tains complex anions formed by two 3,6-dichloro- 4,5-dihydroxy-3,5-cyclohexadiene- 1,2-dionato residues, tetrahedrally coordinating to beryllium through depro- tonated hydroxy O atoms, and hexadecylpyridinium ©1995 International Union of Crystallography Printed in Great Britain - all rights reserved Acta Crvstallographica Section C ISSN 0108-2701 ~-" 1995 HANS BURZLAFF et al. 191 cations. The long c axis is mainly a result of the pres- ence of the hexadecylpyridin_ium cations. The cation chains are parallel to the [311] direction and the pyri- dine rings are connected to the chloranilate O atoms by hydrogen bonds. The chains are regularly ordered par- allel to one another. Comment This investigation