Abstract

• Crystal structures of dipotassium tetrachlorozincateK2ZnCl4 (KZC )was determined by both single crystal x-ray diffraction (SXRD) and powder x- ray diffraction (PXRD) techniques. KZC single crystals were grown by slow evaporation method. The obtained structural inform from SXRD had approximately the same precision as the PXRD technique. In the structure refinement, final values of R and Rw indice converged to 0.076 and 0.184. Structure analyses revealed that KZC sample possess the slightly distorted ZnCl4 tetrahedra.