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The title compound (C
5H
12N)
2[HgCl
4] contains piperidinium cations and tetrachloromercurate anions, which are connected by N—H
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Cl bonds
via Cl1, Cl2 and Cl3 to a two-dimensional network in the (
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0 1) plane through the origin. Hg—Cl bond lengths lie between 2.431 (3) and 2.515 (2) Å.
Supporting information
![cif](https://journals.iucr.org//../logos/filetypeicons/bw/b1/ciflogo.png) | Crystallographic Information File (CIF) Contains datablock hgpip1 |
![hkl](https://journals.iucr.org//../logos/filetypeicons/bw/b1/hkllogo.png) | Structure factor file (CIF format) Contains datablock hgpip1 |
CCDC reference: 129187
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