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In bis(2-carboxypyridinium) hexafluorosilicate, 2C(6)H(6)NO(2)+.SiF6(2-), (I), and bis(2-carboxyquinolinium) hexafluorosilicate dihydrate, 2C(10)H(8)NO(2)+.SiF6(2-).2H2O, (II), the Si atoms of the anions reside on crystallographic centres of inversion. Primary inter-ion interactions in (I) occur via strong N-H...F and O-H...F hydrogen bonds, generating corrugated layers incorporating [SiF6](2-) anions as four-connected net nodes and organic cations as simple links in between. In (II), a set of strong N-H...F, O-H...O and O-H...F hydrogen bonds, involving water molecules, gives a three-dimensional heterocoordinated rutile-like framework that integrates [SiF6](2-) anions as six-connected and water molecules as three-connected nodes. The carboxyl groups of the cation are hydrogen bonded to the water molecule [O...O = 2.5533 (13) A], while the N-H group supports direct bonding to the anion [N...F = 2.7061 (12) A].

Two novel compounds, (L(1)H)(2)[SiF(6)] x 2H(2)O (1) and (L(2)H)(2)[SiF(5)(H(2)O)](2) x 3H(2)O (2), resulting from the reactions of H(2)SiF(6) with 4'-aminobenzo-12-crown-4 (L(1)) and monoaza-12-crown-4 (L(2)), respectively, were studied by X-ray diffraction and characterised by IR and (19)F NMR spectroscopic methods. Both complexes have ionic structures due to the proton transfer from the fluorosilicic acid to the primary amine group in L(1) and secondary amine group incorporated into the macrocycle L(2). The structure of 1 is composed of [SiF(6)](2-) centrosymmetric anions, N-protonated cations (L(1)H)(+), and two water molecules, all components being bound in the layer through a system of NH[...]F, NH[...]O and OH[...]F hydrogen bonds. The [SiF(6)](2-) anions and water molecules are assembled into inorganic negatively-charged layers via OH[dot dot dot]F hydrogen bonds. The structure of 2 is a rare example of stabilisation of the complex anion [SiF(5)(H(2)O)](-), the labile product of hydrolytic transformations of the [SiF(6)](2-) anion in an aqueous solution. The components of 2, i.e., [SiF(5)(H(2)O)](-), (L(2)H)(+), and water molecules, are linked by a system of NH[...]F, NH[...]O, OH[...]F, OH[dot dot dot]O hydrogen bonds. In a way similar to 1, the [SiF(5)(H(2)O)](-) anions and water molecules in 2 are combined into an inorganic negatively-charged layer through OH[...]F and OH[...]O interactions.