(2,9-Dimethyl-4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline-κ2N,N′)bis(thiocyanato-κS)mercury(II)

Abstract

In the mol­ecule of the title compound, [Hg(NCS)2(C26H20N2)], the HgII atom is four-coordinated in a distorted tetra­hedral configuration by two N atoms from a chelating 2,9-dimethyl-4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline ligand and by two S atoms from two thio­cyanate anions. The ligand ring system is not planar. The dihedral angle between the phenyl rings is 53.20 (3)° . In the crystal structure, π–π contacts between phenanthroline rings [centroid–centroid distance = 3.981 (1) Å] may stabilize the structure.