The organo
mercurial co
mpounds Hg{1-C
6H
4-2-C(H)=NC
6H
5-nR
n}
2 (R = 4-NMe
2,
6a; 4-Me,
6b; 4-I,
6c; 4-NO
2,
6d; 2-
iPr,
6e; 2-Me,
6f; 2,6-
iPr
2,
6g; 2,6-Me
2,
6h) have been prepared in good overall yield fro
m 2-bro
mobenzaldehyde.All of the co
mpounds have been characterized by ele
mental analysis,
1H NMR,
13C{
1H} NMR, and infraredspectroscopy. In addition, co
mpounds
6a [C
30H
30HgN
4, triclinic,
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a = 6.20000(10) Å,
b = 9.2315(2) Å,
c =10.9069(3) Å,
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middle"> = 89.3570(10)
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Z = 1],
6b [C
28H
24HgN
2,
monoclinic,
P2
1/
c,
a = 12.8260(5) Å,
b = 14.0675(4) Å,
c = 6.1032(2) Å,
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middle"> = 90.0990(10)
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Z = 2],
6g [C
38H
44HgN
2, triclinic,
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a = 8.2626(2) Å,
b = 9.8317(2) Å,
c = 11.8873(3) Å,
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mages/entities/deg.gif">,
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middle"> = 109.3350(10)
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Z = 1], and
6h [C
30H
28HgN
2,
monoclinic,
P2
1/
c,
a = 12.5307(2) Å,
b = 10.9852(2) Å,
c = 18.2112(2) Å,
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middle"> =104.0190(10)
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mages/gifchars/ga
mma.gif" BORDER=0 > = 87.206(2)
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Z = 4] have been characterized by low-te
mperature single-crystal X-ray diffractionstudies, and two different
molecular geo
metries about the central
mercury ato
m have been observed; intra
molecularcontacts suggest a van der Waals radius for Hg of 2.1-2.2 Å.