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The crystal structure of the title compound, [(C2H5)4N]2-[CdBr4], has
been determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction methods. The cryst
al structure consists of isolated CdBr4 tetrahedra, two cations in a s
wastika conformation (one ordered, one disordered) and one cation in a
trans conformation. All cations show strong thermal motion. Automatic
structure solution packages failed to yield a chemically relevant res
ult. The structure solution by manual interpretation of the Patterson
map is reported here.