Bis[4-amino-N-(4-methylpyrimidin-2-yl-κN3)benzenesulfonamidato-κN](2,2′-bipyridine-κ2N,N′)mercury(II)

Abstract

The complete molecule of the title complex, [Hg(C11H11N4O2S)2(C10H8N2)], is generated by crystallographic twofold symmetry, with the mercury cation lying on the rotation axis. The mercury coordination polyhedron can be described as tetrahedral (from the N,N′-bidenate bipyridine molecule and the sulfonamide N atoms of the sulfamerazine anions) or as squashed trigonal-prismatic, if two long (> 2.80 Å) Hg—N bonds to pyrimidine N atoms are included. The dihedral angle between the aromatic rings in the anion is 73.3 (2)°. In the crystal, N—H...(N,O) and N—H...N hydrogen bonds link the molecules into a three-dimensional network.