[1,2-Bis(di-cyclo-hexyl-phosphan-yl)-1,2-dicarba-closo-dodeca-borane-2κ(2) P,P']di-μ-chlorido-1:2κ(4) Cl:Cl-di-chlorido-1κ(2) Cl-dimercury(II).

ABSTRACT: The title compound, [Hg2Cl4(C26H54B10P2)], was synthesized by the reaction of 1,2-bis-(di-cyclo-hexyl-phosphan-yl)-1,2-dicarba-closo-dodeca-borane with HgCl2. Both Hg(II) atoms show a distorted tetra-hedral coordination geometry, provided by the two bridging chloride anions and the P atoms of the diphosphanyl ligand for one metal atom, and by two bridging and two terminal chloride anions for the other. The five-membered HgP2C2 chelate ring assumes an envelope conformation, with the Hg(II) atom displaced by 0.1650 (5) Å from the mean plane of the other four atoms (r.m.s. deviation = 0.002 Å). In the crystal, B-H⋯Cl interactions link the molecules, forming a supramolecular chain along the a-axis direction.

SUBMITTER: Yang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3998597 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature