A coordination polymer of mercury(II) formed by triazole-based and chloride linkers
AbstractIn this work, a coordination polymer formed from 4,5-diamino-3-methyl-4H-1,2,4-triazol-1-ium chloride (DAMT·HCl) and HgCl2 formulated as [Hg5(μ-DAMT)2(μ-Cl)6(μ3-Cl)2Cl2]n has been prepared and characterized by elemental analysis, FT-IR, 1H NMR spectroscopy, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. X-ray analysis of the complex revealed an organic-inorganic hybrid coordination polymer containing three different mercury atoms with coordination numbers of 4 (HgN(μ-Cl)2(μ3-Cl)), 5 (Hg(μ-Cl)3(μ3-Cl)Cl), and 6 (HgN2(μ-Cl)2(μ3-Cl)2) and seesaw, octahedral, and square pyramidal geometries, respectively. The polymeric chains are extended to a three-dimensional (3D) array by C–H···Cl and N–H···Cl interactions. In addition to these hydrogen bonds, there are Hg···Cl interactions with the mercury atoms with coordination numbers 4 and 5 to complete their pseudo-square planar and -octahedral geometries, respectively.