Two inorganic-organic hybrid compounds, (H 2 dabco-CH 2 -Cl)ijM II Cl 4 ] (M = Co, Zn; H 2 dabco-CH 2 -Cl = 1-chloromethyl-1,4-diazabicycloij2.2.2]octan-1,4-diium cation), were synthesized under slow evaporation conditions. DSC measurements indicated that compounds (H 2 dabco-CH 2 -Cl)ijM II Cl 4 ] (M = Co, Zn) underwent reversible phase transitions at 355 K and 358 K with hysteresis widths of 4 K and 5 K, respectively. Temperature-dependent dielectric measurements also confirmed the phase transitions. Variabletemperature X-ray diffraction data demonstrated that the phase transition was from a high-temperature phase with the space group Pnma to a low-temperature phase with the space group P2 1 /c. The disorderorder transformation of the terminal Cl atom of the (H 2 dabco-CH 2 -Cl) 2+ cation triggered by the decrease in temperature may drive the phase transition.