3,5-Bis{4-[(benzimidazol-1-yl)methyl]phenyl}-4H-1,2,4-triazol-4-amine and its one-dimensional polymeric complex with HgCl2
The molecule of 3,5-bis{4-[(benzimidazol-1-yl)methyl]phenyl}-4H-1,2,4-triazol-4-amine (L), C30H24N8, has an antiperiplanar conformation of the two terminal benzimidazole groups and forms two-dimensional networks along the crystallographicbaxisviatwo types of intermolecular hydrogen bonds. However, incatena-poly[[[dichloridomercury(II)]-μ-3,5-bis{4-[(benzimidazol-1-yl)methyl]phenyl}-4H-1,2,4-triazol-4-amine] dichloromethane hemisolvate], {[HgCl2(C30H24N8)]·0.5CH2Cl2}n, synthesized by the combination ofLwith HgCl2, theLligand adopts a synperiplanar conformation. The HgIIcation lies in a distorted tetrahedral environment, which is defined by two N atoms and two Cl atoms to form a one-dimensional zigzag chain. These zigzag chains stackviahydrogen bonds which expand the dimensionality of the structure from one to two.