Acta Cryst. (2009). E65, m55  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536808040695 ]

[Benzyl(2-pyridylmethyl)amine]dichloridomercury(II)

H.-J. Seo, Y.-I. Kim, Y.-S. Lee and S. K. Kang

Abstract: The Hg atom in the title compound, [HgCl₂(C₁₃H₁₄N₂)], adopts a distorted tetrahedral geometry, being ligated by two N atoms of the benzyl(2-pyridylmethyl)amine (bpma) ligand and two Cl atoms. The dihedral angle between the least-squares planes through the chelate ring and Cl-Hg-Cl atoms is 85.4 (1)°. The phenyl ring on the bpma ligand is twisted out of the pyridine plane, forming a dihedral angle of 76.0 (3)°. Disorder in this ring is also noted with two coplanar conformations having equal site occupancies.

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