Rani V, Singh HB, Butcher RJ. Structure of 2,2'-(5-
tert-butyl-1,3-phenyl-ene)bis-(1-pentyl-1
H-benzimidazol-3-ium) tetra-chlorido-mercurate(II).
Acta Crystallogr E Crystallogr Commun 2017;
73:560-563. [PMID:
28435721 PMCID:
PMC5382622 DOI:
10.1107/s2056989017004303]
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Abstract
In the title salt, (C34H44N4)[HgCl4], the [C34H44N4]2+ cations and [HgCl4]2- anions are linked by N-H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds. One of the two n-pentyl side chains was refined as disordered over two sets of sites, with occupancies of 0.733 (18) and 0.267 (18). The geometry around the HgII atom in the [HgCl4]2- anion is distorted tetra-hedral, with bond angles ranging from 98.16 (3) to 120.68 (3)°. In the [HgCl4]2- anion, there are two short Hg-Cl bonds [2.4120 (9) and 2.4171 (11) Å], one inter-mediate Hg-Cl bond [2.4716 (12) Å] and one long Hg-Cl bond [2.6579 (13) Å] for the Cl atom involved in a trifurcated hydrogen bond as an acceptor, including two N-H⋯Cl⋯H-N interactions as well as one C-H⋯Cl inter-action. There are several C-H⋯Cl inter-actions, with C⋯Cl distances ranging from 3.492 (3) to 3.796 (3) Å. These link the cations and anions into a zigzag chain along the c-axis direction. In addition, there are Cl⋯Cl halogen bonds, as well as π-π inter-actions, with centroid-to-centroid distances of 3.4765 (18) Å, which link one of the two benzimidazole moieties into dimeric units.
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