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Crystal structure of tris(ethylenediamine)cobalt(III) (aqua)hexachloromercurate(II) chloride [Co(En)3]2[Hg2(H2O)Cl6]Cl4

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The compound [Co(En)3]2[Hg2(H2O)Cl6]Cl4 (I, En is ethylenediamine) has been synthesized and studied by X-ray diffraction. The crystals of I (a = 21.8745(14) Å, b = 10.6008(6) Å, c=15.4465(12) Å, space group Pna21) consist of tris(ethylenediamine)cobalt(III) complexes (the unit cell contains two [Co(En)3]3+ cations of opposite chirality). [Hg2(H2O)Cl6]2− anions, and isolated chloride ions. The complex anion consists of the tetrahedral [HgCl4]2− group (Hg-Cl, 2.44–2.56 Å) and the hydrated molecule [Hg(H2O)Cl2] (Hg-Cl, 2.301 and 2.308 Å; Hg-O, 2.788 Å) combined by weak Hg-Cl interactions (2.915 and 3.220 Å).

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  1. Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Regensburg, D-93040, Regensburg, Germany

    M. Zabel

  2. Institute of Molecular and Atomic Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, pr. Nezavisimosti 70, Minsk, 220072, Belarus

    V. I. Pavlovskii & A. L. Poznyak

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Original Russian Text © M. Zabel, V.I. Pavlovskii, A. L. Poznyak, 2006, published in Zhurnal Neorganicheskoi Khimii, 2006, Vol. 51, No. 5, pp. 810–812.

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Zabel, M., Pavlovskii, V.I. & Poznyak, A.L. Crystal structure of tris(ethylenediamine)cobalt(III) (aqua)hexachloromercurate(II) chloride [Co(En)3]2[Hg2(H2O)Cl6]Cl4 . Russ. J. Inorg. Chem. 51, 743–746 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0036023606050111

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