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

Abstract

In the title compound, [Hg(C14H13N4O 3)2], the central Hg atom (site symmetry 2) is six-coordinated by two tridentate 1-(2-eth-oxy-phenyl)-3-(4-nitro-phenyl) triazenide ligands through two N and one O atoms. The mononuclear complex molecules are connected into two parallel chains by inter-molecular C-H⋯O hydrogen-bonding inter-actions. These chains are connected to each other by face-to-edge C-H⋯π inter-actions between the CH of the ethoxy groups and the aromatic rings, resulting in a two-dimensional architecture in the ac plane.