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Mercury(II) complexes with 5-methyl-5-(4-pyridyl)-2, 4-imidazolidenedione: Synthesis, structural characterization, and theoretical studies

, , , , and . JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR STRUCTURE, (November 2013)
DOI: {10.1016/j.molstruc.2013.07.044}

Abstract

New Hg(II) complexes with 5-methyl-5-(4-pyridyl)-2,4-imidazolidenedione (L) and various halogen ions were synthesized. Based on elemental analysis and flame atomic absorption spectroscopy, complexes have general formula HgL2X2 (X = Cl- (1), Br- (2), and I- (3)). These compounds have been studied by IR, H-1 and C-13 NMR spectroscopy at room temperature. According to X-ray diffraction analysis, complex 2 crystallizes in monoclinic system. Hg(II) ion has been surrounded by a distorted tetrahedral arrangement of two monodentate ligands (each one coordinating by a N-pyridine (ring) atom) and two bromine atoms. Based on crystal packing findings, intermolecular classical H-bonds of the type N-H center dot center dot center dot O and non-classical H-bonds of the type C-H center dot center dot center dot O and C-H center dot center dot center dot Br, as an important member of noncovalent interaction family, are driving forces for the formation of a very distorted structure. Theoretical studies showed that neither the size of the halide anion nor the intramolecular interactions between two ligands are the reason for the very small N-Hg-N bond angle, observed in complex 2. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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