Di-μ-chlorido-bis(chlorido{2-[4-(dimethylamino)benzylideneamino]pyridine-κN}mercury(II))

Abstract

The title complex, [Hg2Cl4(C14H15N3)2], has a centre of symmetry at the centre of the four-membered ring formed by the two Hg and two bridging Cl atoms. Each HgII atom is four-coordinated in a distorted tetra­hedral coordination geometry by one N atom from the pyridyl ring of a Schiff base ligand, two bridging Cl atoms and one terminal Cl atom. The Hg⋯Hg distance is 3.774 (2) Å. In the crystal structure, the mol­ecules are linked into a two-dimensional network by inter­molecular C—H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds.