Trans‐[Cr(NH3)4(H2O)Cl]Cl2 (A) crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P21/m (No. 11) with a = 6.556(1), b = 10.630(5), c = 6.729(2) Å and β = 96.15(3)°. Trans‐[Cr(NH3)4Cl2]I (B) has monoclinic C2/m (No. 12) space group and a = 9.877(2), b = 8.497(2), c = 6.047(2) Å and β = 108.98(2)°. Both unit cells contain two formula units. CrCl, CrO(H2O) and three independent CrN(NH3) distances for A are 2.98(1), 2.023(2), 2.067(2), 2.086(3) and 2.064(3) °. CrCl and CrN(NH3) bonds in B are 2.325(1) and 2.071(2) °. All octahedral angles are close to 90 and 180°. Both structures were refined to very low R values.
Water molecule from trans‐[Cr(NH3)4(H2O)Cl]2+ is hydrogen bonded to both ionic chlorides. Cation and two anions form the motive which repeats itself in the crystal. Cations and anions of the second structure are distributed in layers. Each cation and anion have coordination number eight.
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