Bis[1-hydroxy-4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-2-(1,3-thiazol-2-yl-κN)-2,3-dihydro-1H-imidazole-κN3]dinitratomercury(II)

Abstract

In the title complex, [Hg(NO3)2(C10H15N3OS)2], the HgII ion (site symmetry \overline{1}) adopts a grossly distorted octa­hedral geometry by chelation of two neutral Him-thz ligands [Him-thz is 2-(2′-thia­zole)-4,4,5,5-tetra­methyl­dihydro-1H-imidazolyl-1-hydr­oxy] through their thia­zole N atoms [Hg—N = 2.846 (2) Å] and reduced imino nitroxide N atoms [Hg—N = 2.055 (2) Å], leading to a five-membered ring, together with two O atoms from two nitrate anions [Hg—O = 2.859 (3) Å]. The mol­ecules form one-dimensional chains by way of inter­molecular O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds.