Crystal structure of N,N′-dimethyl-2-imidazolidinethione, a by-product from the reaction of Na2(CH2N(CH3)CS2)2 and HgCl2
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The reaction between mercury (II) chloride and N,N′-dimethylethylenebisdithiocarbamate gave a white precipitate. In an attempted recrystallization from an aqueous–ethanol solution, a cyclic thiourea-type compound, N,N′-dimethyl-2-imidazolidinethione, was obtained. The crystals of this compound are monoclinic, a = 10.388(2), b = 6.139(1), c = 12.291(4) Å, β = 118.64(2), and space group P21/c. The non-hydrogen atoms of the molecule are planar and the C=S bond length is 1.673(4) Å. The structure was refined by full-matrix least-squares from 642 independent reflections measured on an automatic diffractometer to R and Rw of 0.053 and 0.068, respectively.