Acta Cryst. (2008). E64, m668-m669  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536808009860 ]

Bis[1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2-methyl-5-nitro-1H-imidazole-N³]silver(I) nitrate

H.-K. Fun, S. R. Jebas and T. Balasubramanian

Abstract: In the title compound, [Ag(C₆H₉N₃O₃)₂]NO₃, the Ag atom is bicoordinated in a distorted linear configuration by two 1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2-methyl-5-nitroimidazole ligands through one of the N atoms. The dihedral angle between the two imidazole rings is 16.1 (2)°. The O atoms of the nitrate anion are disordered over two positions; the site occupancy factors are 0.8 and 0.2. The ions are connected by C-HO interactions, while two weak intramolecular C-HO interactions producing an S(6) ring motif are observed. The nitrate anion is linked to the hydroxyl groups of two neighbouring cations by O-HO hydrogen bonds. The ions are packed into infinite chains along the [100] direction.

Online 16 April 2008

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