Acta Cryst. (2005). E61, m214-m216  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536804033707 ]

(2,2'-Bipyridine N,N'-dioxide-²O,O')diiodomercury(II)

O. M. Tedmann, P. Y. Zavalij, S. K. Madan and S. R. J. Oliver

Abstract: The title compound, [HgI₂(C₁₀H₈N₂O₂)], is a further example of a mercury halide complex of the chelating BipyO₂ ligand (BipyO₂ is 2,2'-bipyridine N,N'-dioxide). As observed for similar compounds, the coordination polyhedron of the Hg atom is a severely distorted tetrahedron, in which Hg is coordinated by two I atoms and two O atoms of the ligand.

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