metal-organic compounds
(5,5′-Dimethyl-2,2′-bipyridine-κ2N,N′)diiodidomercury(II)
aIslamic Azad University, Shahr-e-Rey Branch, Tehran, Iran, bDepartment of Chemistry, Islamic Azad University, Kazeroon Branch, Kazeroon, Fars, Iran, cDepartment of Chemistry, Islamic Azad University, North Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran, and dDepartment of Chemistry, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran 1983963113, Iran
*Correspondence e-mail: v_amani2002@yahoo.com
In the molecule of the title compound, [HgI2(C12H12N2)], the HgII atom is four-coordinated in a distorted tetrahedral configuration by two N atoms from 5,5′-dimethyl-2,2′-bipyridine and two I atoms. There is a π–π contact between pyridine rings of adjacent molecules [centroid–centroid distance = 3.723 (5) Å].
Related literature
For related literature, see: Ahmadi, Kalateh et al. (2008); Ahmadi, Khalighi et al. (2008); Chen et al. (2006); Freire et al. (1999); Htoon & Ladd (1976); Khalighi et al. (2008); Khavasi et al. (2008); Yousefi, Khalighi, et al. (2008); Yousefi, Tadayon Pour et al. (2008).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Refinement
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Data collection: SMART (Bruker, 1998); cell SAINT (Bruker, 1998); data reduction: SAINT; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXTL; molecular graphics: ORTEP-3 for Windows (Farrugia, 1997); software used to prepare material for publication: WinGX (Farrugia, 1999).
Supporting information
10.1107/S160053680802953X/hk2531sup1.cif
contains datablock I. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S160053680802953X/hk2531Isup2.hkl
For the preparation of the title compound, (I), a solution of 5,5'-dimethyl -2,2'-bipyridine (0.25 g, 1.33 mmol) in methanol (10 ml) was added to a solution of HgI2 (0.61 g, 1.33 mmol) in methanol (5 ml) at room temperature. The suitable crystals for X-ray analysis were isolated after one week by methanol diffusion to a colorless solution in DMSO (yield; 0.62 g, 72.9%).
H atoms were positioned geometrically, with C-H = 0.93 and 0.96 Å for aromatic and methyl H, respectively, and constrained to ride on their parent atoms with Uiso(H) = 1.2Ueq(C).
Data collection: SMART (Bruker, 1998); cell
SAINT (Bruker, 1998); data reduction: SAINT (Bruker, 1998); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: ORTEP-3 for Windows (Farrugia, 1997); software used to prepare material for publication: WinGX (Farrugia, 1999).Fig. 1. The molecular structure of the title molecule, with the atom-numbering scheme. Displacement ellipsoids are drawn at the 40% probability level. | |
Fig. 2. A packing diagram of the title compound. |
[HgI2(C12H12N2)] | F(000) = 2272 |
Mr = 638.63 | Dx = 2.665 Mg m−3 |
Orthorhombic, Pbca | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Hall symbol: -P 2ac 2ab | Cell parameters from 1768 reflections |
a = 15.0325 (8) Å | θ = 2.4–29.3° |
b = 15.0654 (8) Å | µ = 13.53 mm−1 |
c = 14.0579 (10) Å | T = 298 K |
V = 3183.7 (3) Å3 | Prism, colorless |
Z = 8 | 0.35 × 0.31 × 0.20 mm |
Bruker SMART CCD area-detector diffractometer | 4306 independent reflections |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | 3418 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.083 |
ϕ and ω scans | θmax = 29.3°, θmin = 2.4° |
Absorption correction: numerical shape of crystal determined optically (X-SHAPE and X-RED32; Stoe& Cie, 2005) | h = −20→19 |
Tmin = 0.015, Tmax = 0.075 | k = −20→17 |
23007 measured reflections | l = −19→19 |
Refinement on F2 | Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods |
Least-squares matrix: full | Secondary atom site location: difference Fourier map |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.055 | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
wR(F2) = 0.124 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.19 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0347P)2 + 17.4498P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
4306 reflections | (Δ/σ)max = 0.010 |
154 parameters | Δρmax = 1.44 e Å−3 |
0 restraints | Δρmin = −1.51 e Å−3 |
[HgI2(C12H12N2)] | V = 3183.7 (3) Å3 |
Mr = 638.63 | Z = 8 |
Orthorhombic, Pbca | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 15.0325 (8) Å | µ = 13.53 mm−1 |
b = 15.0654 (8) Å | T = 298 K |
c = 14.0579 (10) Å | 0.35 × 0.31 × 0.20 mm |
Bruker SMART CCD area-detector diffractometer | 4306 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: numerical shape of crystal determined optically (X-SHAPE and X-RED32; Stoe& Cie, 2005) | 3418 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.015, Tmax = 0.075 | Rint = 0.083 |
23007 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.055 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.124 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.19 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0347P)2 + 17.4498P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
4306 reflections | Δρmax = 1.44 e Å−3 |
154 parameters | Δρmin = −1.51 e Å−3 |
Geometry. All e.s.d.'s (except the e.s.d. in the dihedral angle between two l.s. planes) are estimated using the full covariance matrix. The cell e.s.d.'s are taken into account individually in the estimation of e.s.d.'s in distances, angles and torsion angles; correlations between e.s.d.'s in cell parameters are only used when they are defined by crystal symmetry. An approximate (isotropic) treatment of cell e.s.d.'s is used for estimating e.s.d.'s involving l.s. planes. |
Refinement. Refinement of F2 against ALL reflections. The weighted R-factor wR and goodness of fit S are based on F2, conventional R-factors R are based on F, with F set to zero for negative F2. The threshold expression of F2 > σ(F2) is used only for calculating R-factors(gt) etc. and is not relevant to the choice of reflections for refinement. R-factors based on F2 are statistically about twice as large as those based on F, and R- factors based on ALL data will be even larger. |
x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | ||
Hg1 | 0.11964 (2) | 0.71065 (2) | 0.60202 (3) | 0.05197 (12) | |
I1 | 0.00810 (7) | 0.80915 (5) | 0.50004 (7) | 0.0859 (3) | |
I2 | 0.25140 (5) | 0.76000 (5) | 0.71769 (6) | 0.0687 (2) | |
N1 | 0.1696 (4) | 0.5812 (5) | 0.5214 (5) | 0.0403 (14) | |
N2 | 0.0387 (4) | 0.5836 (4) | 0.6554 (5) | 0.0381 (13) | |
C1 | 0.2371 (5) | 0.5833 (6) | 0.4598 (6) | 0.0463 (18) | |
H1 | 0.2633 | 0.6377 | 0.4460 | 0.056* | |
C2 | 0.2697 (6) | 0.5082 (7) | 0.4155 (6) | 0.049 (2) | |
C3 | 0.3485 (8) | 0.5156 (9) | 0.3481 (9) | 0.077 (3) | |
H3A | 0.3986 | 0.5399 | 0.3816 | 0.093* | |
H3B | 0.3333 | 0.5538 | 0.2959 | 0.093* | |
H3C | 0.3635 | 0.4578 | 0.3243 | 0.093* | |
C4 | 0.2299 (7) | 0.4279 (7) | 0.4391 (8) | 0.063 (3) | |
H4 | 0.2506 | 0.3755 | 0.4121 | 0.076* | |
C5 | 0.1604 (7) | 0.4257 (6) | 0.5019 (7) | 0.053 (2) | |
H5 | 0.1324 | 0.3723 | 0.5162 | 0.063* | |
C6 | 0.1322 (5) | 0.5044 (5) | 0.5440 (5) | 0.0387 (16) | |
C7 | 0.0586 (5) | 0.5057 (5) | 0.6156 (5) | 0.0378 (15) | |
C8 | 0.0140 (6) | 0.4291 (6) | 0.6412 (7) | 0.054 (2) | |
H8 | 0.0270 | 0.3754 | 0.6118 | 0.065* | |
C9 | −0.0503 (6) | 0.4341 (6) | 0.7113 (7) | 0.054 (2) | |
H9 | −0.0805 | 0.3829 | 0.7297 | 0.065* | |
C10 | −0.0703 (6) | 0.5135 (6) | 0.7542 (6) | 0.0477 (19) | |
C11 | −0.1370 (7) | 0.5206 (8) | 0.8337 (8) | 0.069 (3) | |
H11A | −0.1831 | 0.5615 | 0.8159 | 0.083* | |
H11B | −0.1078 | 0.5417 | 0.8901 | 0.083* | |
H11C | −0.1625 | 0.4633 | 0.8458 | 0.083* | |
C12 | −0.0244 (5) | 0.5873 (6) | 0.7226 (6) | 0.0465 (18) | |
H12 | −0.0379 | 0.6422 | 0.7492 | 0.056* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
Hg1 | 0.0544 (2) | 0.04113 (17) | 0.0603 (2) | 0.00092 (15) | 0.00422 (17) | −0.00082 (14) |
I1 | 0.0978 (6) | 0.0521 (4) | 0.1078 (7) | 0.0131 (4) | −0.0354 (5) | 0.0050 (4) |
I2 | 0.0660 (4) | 0.0555 (4) | 0.0845 (5) | 0.0031 (3) | −0.0154 (4) | −0.0110 (3) |
N1 | 0.039 (3) | 0.044 (3) | 0.037 (3) | 0.001 (3) | 0.003 (3) | −0.002 (3) |
N2 | 0.035 (3) | 0.039 (3) | 0.041 (3) | 0.002 (3) | 0.000 (3) | 0.001 (3) |
C1 | 0.040 (4) | 0.053 (5) | 0.046 (4) | −0.002 (4) | 0.009 (3) | −0.006 (4) |
C2 | 0.041 (4) | 0.072 (6) | 0.035 (4) | 0.012 (4) | 0.000 (3) | −0.002 (4) |
C3 | 0.061 (6) | 0.098 (9) | 0.073 (7) | 0.016 (6) | 0.029 (6) | −0.004 (6) |
C4 | 0.070 (7) | 0.058 (6) | 0.062 (6) | 0.019 (5) | 0.001 (5) | −0.020 (5) |
C5 | 0.058 (5) | 0.045 (4) | 0.056 (5) | 0.003 (4) | 0.004 (4) | −0.002 (4) |
C6 | 0.038 (4) | 0.038 (4) | 0.040 (4) | 0.001 (3) | −0.004 (3) | −0.002 (3) |
C7 | 0.039 (4) | 0.040 (4) | 0.035 (4) | 0.003 (3) | −0.009 (3) | −0.001 (3) |
C8 | 0.057 (5) | 0.047 (5) | 0.058 (5) | −0.009 (4) | −0.004 (4) | −0.002 (4) |
C9 | 0.051 (5) | 0.051 (5) | 0.062 (6) | −0.016 (4) | 0.003 (4) | 0.007 (4) |
C10 | 0.038 (4) | 0.057 (5) | 0.048 (5) | −0.001 (4) | −0.005 (3) | 0.010 (4) |
C11 | 0.059 (6) | 0.080 (7) | 0.067 (6) | −0.001 (5) | 0.031 (5) | 0.000 (5) |
C12 | 0.042 (4) | 0.048 (4) | 0.050 (5) | 0.003 (4) | 0.009 (4) | −0.003 (4) |
Hg1—I1 | 2.6587 (9) | C6—N1 | 1.325 (10) |
Hg1—I2 | 2.6684 (8) | C6—C7 | 1.496 (11) |
Hg1—N1 | 2.377 (7) | C7—N2 | 1.335 (10) |
Hg1—N2 | 2.389 (6) | C7—C8 | 1.382 (12) |
C1—N1 | 1.335 (10) | C8—C9 | 1.384 (14) |
C1—C2 | 1.380 (13) | C8—H8 | 0.9300 |
C1—H1 | 0.9300 | C9—C10 | 1.373 (13) |
C2—C4 | 1.390 (15) | C9—H9 | 0.9300 |
C2—C3 | 1.521 (13) | C10—C12 | 1.382 (12) |
C3—H3A | 0.9600 | C10—C11 | 1.505 (13) |
C3—H3B | 0.9600 | C11—H11A | 0.9600 |
C3—H3C | 0.9600 | C11—H11B | 0.9600 |
C4—C5 | 1.368 (14) | C11—H11C | 0.9600 |
C4—H4 | 0.9300 | C12—N2 | 1.339 (10) |
C5—C6 | 1.392 (11) | C12—H12 | 0.9300 |
C5—H5 | 0.9300 | ||
I1—Hg1—I2 | 129.89 (3) | C4—C5—C6 | 119.1 (9) |
N1—Hg1—I1 | 113.59 (16) | C4—C5—H5 | 120.5 |
N1—Hg1—N2 | 69.7 (2) | C6—C5—H5 | 120.5 |
N1—Hg1—I2 | 106.53 (16) | N1—C6—C5 | 120.9 (8) |
N2—Hg1—I1 | 107.15 (15) | N1—C6—C7 | 117.6 (7) |
N2—Hg1—I2 | 114.22 (15) | C5—C6—C7 | 121.5 (7) |
C1—N1—Hg1 | 122.0 (6) | N2—C7—C8 | 121.1 (8) |
C6—N1—Hg1 | 117.9 (5) | N2—C7—C6 | 117.4 (7) |
C6—N1—C1 | 119.9 (7) | C8—C7—C6 | 121.5 (7) |
C7—N2—Hg1 | 117.3 (5) | C7—C8—C9 | 118.7 (9) |
C7—N2—C12 | 119.4 (7) | C7—C8—H8 | 120.7 |
C12—N2—Hg1 | 123.3 (5) | C9—C8—H8 | 120.7 |
N1—C1—C2 | 122.9 (9) | C10—C9—C8 | 120.8 (8) |
N1—C1—H1 | 118.5 | C10—C9—H9 | 119.6 |
C2—C1—H1 | 118.5 | C8—C9—H9 | 119.6 |
C1—C2—C4 | 116.9 (8) | C9—C10—C12 | 116.8 (8) |
C1—C2—C3 | 119.9 (10) | C9—C10—C11 | 122.3 (9) |
C4—C2—C3 | 123.2 (9) | C12—C10—C11 | 120.9 (9) |
C2—C3—H3A | 109.5 | C10—C11—H11A | 109.5 |
C2—C3—H3B | 109.5 | C10—C11—H11B | 109.5 |
H3A—C3—H3B | 109.5 | H11A—C11—H11B | 109.5 |
C2—C3—H3C | 109.5 | C10—C11—H11C | 109.5 |
H3A—C3—H3C | 109.5 | H11A—C11—H11C | 109.5 |
H3B—C3—H3C | 109.5 | H11B—C11—H11C | 109.5 |
C5—C4—C2 | 120.3 (9) | N2—C12—C10 | 123.2 (8) |
C5—C4—H4 | 119.8 | N2—C12—H12 | 118.4 |
C2—C4—H4 | 119.8 | C10—C12—H12 | 118.4 |
I1—Hg1—N1—C1 | 82.9 (6) | C5—C6—N1—C1 | −2.1 (12) |
I1—Hg1—N1—C6 | −101.5 (5) | C7—C6—N1—C1 | 178.3 (7) |
I2—Hg1—N1—C1 | −66.4 (6) | C5—C6—N1—Hg1 | −177.8 (6) |
I2—Hg1—N1—C6 | 109.2 (5) | C7—C6—N1—Hg1 | 2.6 (9) |
N2—Hg1—N1—C1 | −176.7 (7) | N1—C6—C7—N2 | −3.3 (11) |
N2—Hg1—N1—C6 | −1.1 (5) | C5—C6—C7—N2 | 177.1 (8) |
I1—Hg1—N2—C7 | 108.7 (5) | N1—C6—C7—C8 | 178.0 (8) |
I1—Hg1—N2—C12 | −71.7 (6) | C5—C6—C7—C8 | −1.6 (12) |
I2—Hg1—N2—C7 | −100.3 (5) | C8—C7—N2—C12 | 1.4 (12) |
I2—Hg1—N2—C12 | 79.3 (6) | C6—C7—N2—C12 | −177.3 (7) |
N1—Hg1—N2—C7 | −0.8 (5) | C8—C7—N2—Hg1 | −179.0 (6) |
N1—Hg1—N2—C12 | 178.9 (7) | C6—C7—N2—Hg1 | 2.3 (9) |
C2—C1—N1—C6 | 1.5 (13) | N2—C7—C8—C9 | −1.9 (13) |
C2—C1—N1—Hg1 | 177.0 (6) | C6—C7—C8—C9 | 176.7 (8) |
N1—C1—C2—C4 | −1.1 (13) | C7—C8—C9—C10 | 0.6 (15) |
N1—C1—C2—C3 | −178.3 (9) | C8—C9—C10—C12 | 1.2 (14) |
C1—C2—C4—C5 | 1.4 (14) | C8—C9—C10—C11 | −177.2 (9) |
C3—C2—C4—C5 | 178.5 (10) | C9—C10—C12—N2 | −1.8 (13) |
C2—C4—C5—C6 | −2.1 (15) | C11—C10—C12—N2 | 176.6 (9) |
C4—C5—C6—N1 | 2.5 (14) | C10—C12—N2—C7 | 0.6 (13) |
C4—C5—C6—C7 | −178.0 (8) | C10—C12—N2—Hg1 | −179.1 (6) |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | [HgI2(C12H12N2)] |
Mr | 638.63 |
Crystal system, space group | Orthorhombic, Pbca |
Temperature (K) | 298 |
a, b, c (Å) | 15.0325 (8), 15.0654 (8), 14.0579 (10) |
V (Å3) | 3183.7 (3) |
Z | 8 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 13.53 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.35 × 0.31 × 0.20 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Bruker SMART CCD area-detector diffractometer |
Absorption correction | Numerical shape of crystal determined optically (X-SHAPE and X-RED32; Stoe& Cie, 2005) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.015, 0.075 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 23007, 4306, 3418 |
Rint | 0.083 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.689 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.055, 0.124, 1.19 |
No. of reflections | 4306 |
No. of parameters | 154 |
H-atom treatment | H-atom parameters constrained |
w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0347P)2 + 17.4498P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 | |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 1.44, −1.51 |
Computer programs: SMART (Bruker, 1998), SAINT (Bruker, 1998), SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008), ORTEP-3 for Windows (Farrugia, 1997), WinGX (Farrugia, 1999).
Hg1—I1 | 2.6587 (9) | Hg1—N1 | 2.377 (7) |
Hg1—I2 | 2.6684 (8) | Hg1—N2 | 2.389 (6) |
I1—Hg1—I2 | 129.89 (3) | N1—Hg1—I2 | 106.53 (16) |
N1—Hg1—I1 | 113.59 (16) | N2—Hg1—I1 | 107.15 (15) |
N1—Hg1—N2 | 69.7 (2) | N2—Hg1—I2 | 114.22 (15) |
Acknowledgements
We are grateful to the Islamic Azad University, Shahr-e-Rey Branch, for financial support.
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Recently, we reported the syntheses and crystal structures of [Zn(5,5'-dmbpy)Cl2], (II), (Khalighi et al., 2008), [Zn(6-mbpy)Cl2], (III), (Ahmadi, Kalateh et al., 2008), [Cd(5,5'-dmbpy)(µ-Cl)2]n, (IV), (Ahmadi, Khalighi et al., 2008), [Cu(5,5'-dcbpy)(en)(H2O)2].2.5H2O, (V), (Yousefi, Khalighi et al., 2008) and {[HgCl(dm4bt)]2(µ-Cl)2}, (VI), (Khavasi et al., 2008) [where 5,5'-dmbpy is 5,5'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipyridine, 6-mbpy is 6-methyl-2,2' -bipyridine, 5,5'-dcbpy is 2,2'-bipyridine-5,5'-dicarboxylate, en is ethylene- diamine and dm4bt is 2,2'-dimethyl-4,4'-bithiazole]. There are several HgII complexes, with formula, [HgI2(N—N)], such as [HgI2(bipy)], (VII), [HgI2(phen)], (VIII) and [HgI2(2,9-dmphen)], (IX), (Freire et al., 1999), [HgI2(bipy)][HgI2], (X), (Chen et al., 2006), [HgI2(4,4'-dmbpy)], (XI), (Yousefi, Tadayon Pour et al., 2008) and [HgI2(TMDA)], (XII), (Htoon & Ladd, 1976) [where bipy is 2,2'-bipyridine, phen is 1,10-phenanthroline, dmphen is 2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline, 4,4'-dmbpy is 4,4'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipyridine and TMDA is tetramethylethylene- diamine] have been synthesized and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction methods. We report herein the synthesis and crystal structure of the title compound, (I).
In the title compound, (Fig. 1), the HgII atom is four-coordinated in a distorted tetrahedral configuration by two N atoms from 5,5'-dimethyl-2,2'-bi- pyridine and two I atoms. The Hg—I and Hg—N bond lengths and angles (Table 1) are within normal ranges, as in (VII), (VIII) and (XI).
In the crystal structure, the π-π contact (Fig. 2) between the pyridine rings, Cg2···Cg3i [symmetry code: (i) x, 1 - y, 1 - z, where Cg2 and Cg3 are centroids of the rings (N1/C1/C2/C4-C6) and (N2/C7-C10/C12), respectively] may stabilize the structure, with centroid-centroid distance of 3.723 (5) Å.