Bis[1-(2-ethoxyphenyl)-3-(4-nitrophenyl)triazenido]mercury(II)

Abstract

In the title compound, [Hg(C14H13N4O3)2], the central Hg atom (site symmetry 2) is six-coordinated by two tridentate 1-(2-ethoxyphenyl)-3-(4-nitrophenyl)triazenide ligands through two N and one O atoms. The mononuclear complex molecules are connected into two parallel chains by intermolecular C—H...O hydrogen-bonding interactions. These chains are connected to each other by face-to-edge C—H...π interactions between the CH of the ethoxy groups and the aromatic rings, resulting in a two-dimensional architecture in the ac plane.