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Structural studies of steric effects in phosphine complexes. Part XI. Synthesis, characterization, crystal and molecular structure of the dinitrato(trimesitylarsine)mercury(II) dimer
Alyea, Elmer C.,Dias, Shelton A.,Ferguson, George,Siew, Pik Y.
, p. 257 - 262 (2007/10/02)
The synthesis and crystal and molecular structure of the dinitrato(trimesitylarsine)mercury(II) dimer are reported.The compound 2 belongs to the monoclinic space group P21/c (C52h, No. 14) with a=20.001(2), b=17.591(5), c=16.553(2), β=99.991(6), and Z=4; the asymmetric unit contains two independent half dimers.The structure was refined to a final R of 0.0458 for 2631 observed reflexions measured by diffractometer with 22 separated by normal van der Waals distances.The mercury coordination in both dimers I and II is characterized by three strong, nearly coplanar bonds (in I Hg-As 2.476(3), Hg-O 2.41(2) and 2.20(2), and in II Hg-As 2.482(3), Hg-O 2.28(2) and 2.39(2)), and three weaker Hg-O bonds in the range 2.55-2.90 Angstroem.Both independent trimesitylarsine ligands have the same regular propeller conformation (Hg-As-C-C torsion angles of 45 to 50 deg) and the largest C-As-C angles (mean value 112.5(8) deg) yet determined.The As(mesityl)3, cone angle is 202 deg.The two independent dimers differ primarily in the orientation of the non-bridging nitrato groups.Nitrato vibrational and arsine 1H nmr data are also presented for 2, which becomes monomeric in dichloroethane solution.
