metal-organic compounds
Bis(4-amino-3,5-dichloropyridinium) tetrachloridomercurate(II)
aDepartment of Chemistry, Mother Teresa Women's University, Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, India, bChemistry Department, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 9, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland, cInstitute of Physics, University of Neuchâtel, Rue Emile-Argand 11, CH-2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland, and dDepartment of Chemistry, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
*Correspondence e-mail: [email protected]
The of the title compound, (C5H5Cl2N2)2[HgCl4], comprises two 4-amino-3,5-dichloropyridinium cations protonated at the pyridine N atoms and one tetrahedral tetrachloridomercurate(II) anion. The linking forces in the extended structure are predominantly N—H⋯Cl, bifurcated N—H⋯(Cl,Cl) and C—H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds, which connect the cations and anions into a three-dimensional network.
Keywords: crystal structure; hydrogen bonding; mercury.
CCDC reference: 2502353
Structure description
Following previous reports on the of the parent 4-amino-3,5-dichloropyridine (Anantheeswary et al., 2024
) and our recent work on 4-amino-3,5-dichloropyridinium 3-hydroxypicolinate monohydrate (Ashokan et al., 2023
), we now describe the synthesis and structural characterization of the title salt, (C5H5Cl2N2)2[HgCl4].
The mercury(II) atom in the complex anion is coordinated by four chlorido ligands (Fig. 1
) in a distorted tetrahedral shape (Table 1
), which is typical behaviour for a d10 soft The Hg—Cl bond lengths range from 2.485 (15) to 2.491 (14) Å, while Cl—Hg—Cl angles fall in the range 103.00 (5) to 121.6 (5)°. The 4-amino-3,5-dichloropyridinium cations are protonated at atoms N1 and N3 of the pyridine moiety. This protonation is evidenced by the increase in the internal angle C1—N1—C5 = 121.5 (5)° and C10—N3—C6 = 121.8 (5)° compared with the corresponding angle in neutral 4-amino-5,6-dichloro pyridine [116.4 (5)°] (Anantheeswary et al., 2024
). Otherwise, the geometrical data for the title compound are in good agreement with literature data (Jellali et al., 2024
). In the extended structure, the components are linked by numerous N—H⋯Cl, N—H⋯(Cl,Cl) and C—H⋯Cl (Table 2
) hydrogen bonds as shown in Fig. 2
, which generates a three-dimensional network. All the chlorido ions of the complex anion accept at least one hydrogen bond.
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| Figure 1 The asymmetric unit of the title compound with 50% probability displacement ellipsoids. |
| Figure 2 View of the crystal packing of the title compound along the b-axis direction with the complex anions shown in polyhedral representation. |
A search of the Cambridge Structural Database (Version 5.43, update November 2022; Groom et al., 2016
) for related structures revealed CSD refcodes BOLCUE: bis(3-amino-2-chloropyridinium)tetrakis(chlorido)mercurate(II) (Mrad et al., 2024
); AGEWUF: 2-2′-bipyridinediium tetrabromidomercurate(II) (Ali et al., 2008
); AJIKAG: bis(1,3-diethyl-1H-3,1-benzimidazole-3-ium)tetrabromidomercurate(II) (Li et al., 2009
) and AQEDUX: bis(3-{[(pyridine-3-yl)methyl]amino}pyridine-1-ium) tetraiodidomercurate (Ye et al., 2016
).
Synthesis and crystallization
4-Amino-3,5-dichloropyridine (45 mg) and mercury(II) chloride (67 mg) were used as starting materials. Each reagent was dissolved separately in methanol and water, respectively. The solutions were combined and stirred magnetically at room temperature, with the addition of 2 to 3 drops of dilute HCl to get a clear solution.. The resulting clear solution was left to stand for slow evaporation at room temperature. Colourless crystals suitable for X-ray diffraction were obtained after several days.
Refinement
Crystal data, data collection, and structure details are summarized in Table 3
.
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Structural data
CCDC reference: 2502353
contains datablocks global, I. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S2414314625011204/hb4548sup1.cif
Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S2414314625011204/hb4548Isup2.hkl
| (C5H5Cl2N2)2[HgCl4] | F(000) = 2512 |
| Mr = 670.41 | Dx = 2.304 Mg m−3 |
| Monoclinic, C2/c | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
| a = 18.0721 (6) Å | Cell parameters from 25660 reflections |
| b = 9.2125 (2) Å | θ = 1.8–26.8° |
| c = 23.7047 (8) Å | µ = 9.07 mm−1 |
| β = 101.652 (3)° | T = 250 K |
| V = 3865.2 (2) Å3 | Block, colourless |
| Z = 8 | 0.76 × 0.54 × 0.34 mm |
| STOE IPDS II diffractometer | 3877 independent reflections |
| Radiation source: sealed X-ray tube, 12 x 0.4 mm long-fine focus | 3645 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
| Plane graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.041 |
| Detector resolution: 6.67 pixels mm-1 | θmax = 26.2°, θmin = 2.6° |
| rotation method, ω scans | h = −22→22 |
| Absorption correction: multi-scan (X-RED32; Stoe, 2023) | k = −11→10 |
| Tmin = 0.035, Tmax = 0.223 | l = −29→29 |
| 19023 measured reflections |
| Refinement on F2 | Secondary atom site location: difference Fourier map |
| Least-squares matrix: full | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
| R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.034 | H-atom parameters constrained |
| wR(F2) = 0.092 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0433P)2 + 32.4079P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
| S = 1.13 | (Δ/σ)max = 0.001 |
| 3877 reflections | Δρmax = 1.34 e Å−3 |
| 209 parameters | Δρmin = −1.43 e Å−3 |
| 0 restraints | Extinction correction: (SHELXL-2019/3; Sheldrick, 2015b), Fc*=kFc[1+0.001xFc2λ3/sin(2θ)]-1/4 |
| Primary atom site location: dual | Extinction coefficient: 0.00160 (7) |
Geometry. All esds (except the esd in the dihedral angle between two l.s. planes) are estimated using the full covariance matrix. The cell esds are taken into account individually in the estimation of esds in distances, angles and torsion angles; correlations between esds in cell parameters are only used when they are defined by crystal symmetry. An approximate (isotropic) treatment of cell esds is used for estimating esds involving l.s. planes. |
Refinement. All H atoms were positioned geometrically [C—H = 0.94, N—H = 0.87 Å] and were refined using a riding model with Uiso(H) = 1.2 Ueq(carrier). |
| x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | ||
| Cl1 | 0.77457 (8) | 0.70283 (17) | 0.41102 (6) | 0.0390 (3) | |
| Cl2 | 0.82254 (8) | 0.30420 (17) | 0.58344 (6) | 0.0400 (3) | |
| N1 | 0.6440 (3) | 0.5048 (6) | 0.4991 (2) | 0.0369 (11) | |
| H1N | 0.596006 | 0.505840 | 0.499608 | 0.044* | |
| N2 | 0.8697 (3) | 0.5031 (6) | 0.4970 (2) | 0.0430 (12) | |
| H2NA | 0.900317 | 0.448533 | 0.521073 | 0.052* | |
| H2NB | 0.887166 | 0.557362 | 0.472618 | 0.052* | |
| C1 | 0.6698 (3) | 0.5874 (6) | 0.4607 (3) | 0.0349 (12) | |
| H1 | 0.635829 | 0.644304 | 0.434454 | 0.042* | |
| C2 | 0.7442 (3) | 0.5896 (6) | 0.4594 (2) | 0.0319 (12) | |
| C3 | 0.7973 (3) | 0.5036 (6) | 0.4975 (2) | 0.0304 (11) | |
| C4 | 0.7652 (3) | 0.4178 (6) | 0.5361 (2) | 0.0312 (11) | |
| C5 | 0.6903 (3) | 0.4209 (7) | 0.5366 (2) | 0.0352 (12) | |
| H5 | 0.670954 | 0.364034 | 0.563185 | 0.042* | |
| Cl3 | 0.45226 (9) | 0.82260 (17) | 0.15818 (7) | 0.0444 (4) | |
| Cl4 | 0.29236 (11) | 0.8407 (2) | 0.32800 (7) | 0.0536 (4) | |
| N3 | 0.3817 (3) | 1.1382 (6) | 0.2446 (2) | 0.0403 (11) | |
| H3N | 0.384547 | 1.232482 | 0.245097 | 0.048* | |
| N4 | 0.3683 (3) | 0.6958 (6) | 0.2426 (2) | 0.0453 (13) | |
| H4NA | 0.344345 | 0.651024 | 0.265793 | 0.054* | |
| H4NB | 0.389316 | 0.646303 | 0.218772 | 0.054* | |
| C6 | 0.4142 (3) | 1.0637 (6) | 0.2073 (3) | 0.0365 (12) | |
| H6 | 0.439799 | 1.113270 | 0.182342 | 0.044* | |
| C7 | 0.4101 (3) | 0.9163 (6) | 0.2059 (3) | 0.0343 (12) | |
| C8 | 0.3727 (3) | 0.8380 (6) | 0.2434 (2) | 0.0326 (11) | |
| C9 | 0.3399 (3) | 0.9243 (6) | 0.2810 (3) | 0.0349 (12) | |
| C10 | 0.3449 (4) | 1.0711 (6) | 0.2810 (3) | 0.0397 (13) | |
| H10 | 0.322599 | 1.125959 | 0.306576 | 0.048* | |
| Hg1 | 0.46587 (2) | 0.40614 (3) | 0.37445 (2) | 0.03929 (12) | |
| Cl5 | 0.33340 (8) | 0.42430 (15) | 0.31931 (6) | 0.0376 (3) | |
| Cl6 | 0.57310 (10) | 0.42101 (15) | 0.32352 (8) | 0.0447 (4) | |
| Cl7 | 0.47767 (8) | 0.15743 (18) | 0.41499 (7) | 0.0447 (4) | |
| Cl8 | 0.48132 (7) | 0.62415 (16) | 0.43745 (6) | 0.0352 (3) |
| U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
| Cl1 | 0.0401 (7) | 0.0461 (8) | 0.0348 (7) | −0.0001 (6) | 0.0173 (6) | 0.0071 (6) |
| Cl2 | 0.0328 (7) | 0.0520 (8) | 0.0353 (7) | 0.0013 (6) | 0.0067 (5) | 0.0099 (6) |
| N1 | 0.023 (2) | 0.052 (3) | 0.038 (3) | 0.000 (2) | 0.0127 (19) | 0.003 (2) |
| N2 | 0.026 (2) | 0.062 (3) | 0.042 (3) | 0.002 (2) | 0.011 (2) | 0.015 (2) |
| C1 | 0.027 (3) | 0.042 (3) | 0.035 (3) | 0.001 (2) | 0.005 (2) | 0.004 (2) |
| C2 | 0.033 (3) | 0.039 (3) | 0.026 (3) | −0.005 (2) | 0.013 (2) | −0.001 (2) |
| C3 | 0.025 (2) | 0.041 (3) | 0.028 (2) | −0.002 (2) | 0.011 (2) | −0.005 (2) |
| C4 | 0.029 (3) | 0.039 (3) | 0.026 (3) | 0.001 (2) | 0.007 (2) | 0.002 (2) |
| C5 | 0.029 (3) | 0.049 (3) | 0.030 (3) | −0.003 (2) | 0.013 (2) | 0.006 (2) |
| Cl3 | 0.0522 (9) | 0.0443 (8) | 0.0431 (8) | −0.0036 (7) | 0.0250 (7) | −0.0067 (6) |
| Cl4 | 0.0700 (11) | 0.0523 (9) | 0.0481 (9) | −0.0009 (8) | 0.0345 (8) | 0.0042 (7) |
| N3 | 0.048 (3) | 0.028 (2) | 0.045 (3) | 0.003 (2) | 0.010 (2) | −0.002 (2) |
| N4 | 0.060 (3) | 0.036 (3) | 0.048 (3) | 0.001 (2) | 0.029 (3) | −0.002 (2) |
| C6 | 0.037 (3) | 0.035 (3) | 0.037 (3) | −0.002 (2) | 0.006 (2) | 0.001 (2) |
| C7 | 0.038 (3) | 0.034 (3) | 0.032 (3) | −0.001 (2) | 0.010 (2) | −0.001 (2) |
| C8 | 0.037 (3) | 0.034 (3) | 0.027 (3) | −0.002 (2) | 0.007 (2) | 0.000 (2) |
| C9 | 0.037 (3) | 0.037 (3) | 0.032 (3) | 0.001 (2) | 0.011 (2) | 0.001 (2) |
| C10 | 0.048 (3) | 0.034 (3) | 0.039 (3) | 0.005 (3) | 0.012 (3) | −0.004 (2) |
| Hg1 | 0.03396 (16) | 0.04079 (17) | 0.04560 (17) | 0.00137 (9) | 0.01388 (10) | 0.00097 (9) |
| Cl5 | 0.0353 (7) | 0.0351 (7) | 0.0416 (7) | −0.0016 (5) | 0.0060 (6) | 0.0068 (6) |
| Cl6 | 0.0570 (9) | 0.0323 (7) | 0.0555 (9) | 0.0049 (6) | 0.0370 (8) | 0.0050 (6) |
| Cl7 | 0.0339 (7) | 0.0474 (8) | 0.0567 (9) | 0.0056 (6) | 0.0182 (6) | 0.0199 (7) |
| Cl8 | 0.0288 (6) | 0.0424 (7) | 0.0378 (7) | −0.0016 (5) | 0.0152 (5) | −0.0010 (6) |
| Cl1—C2 | 1.719 (5) | N3—C10 | 1.342 (8) |
| Cl2—C4 | 1.720 (6) | N3—C6 | 1.344 (8) |
| N1—C5 | 1.337 (8) | N3—H3N | 0.8700 |
| N1—C1 | 1.340 (8) | N4—C8 | 1.312 (8) |
| N1—H1N | 0.8700 | N4—H4NA | 0.8700 |
| N2—C3 | 1.312 (7) | N4—H4NB | 0.8700 |
| N2—H2NA | 0.8700 | C6—C7 | 1.360 (8) |
| N2—H2NB | 0.8700 | C6—H6 | 0.9400 |
| C1—C2 | 1.353 (8) | C7—C8 | 1.418 (8) |
| C1—H1 | 0.9400 | C8—C9 | 1.411 (8) |
| C2—C3 | 1.418 (8) | C9—C10 | 1.355 (8) |
| C3—C4 | 1.418 (8) | C10—H10 | 0.9400 |
| C4—C5 | 1.357 (8) | Hg1—Cl7 | 2.4771 (15) |
| C5—H5 | 0.9400 | Hg1—Cl8 | 2.4846 (15) |
| Cl3—C7 | 1.719 (6) | Hg1—Cl6 | 2.4854 (15) |
| Cl4—C9 | 1.720 (6) | Hg1—Cl5 | 2.4908 (14) |
| C5—N1—C1 | 121.5 (5) | C8—N4—H4NA | 120.0 |
| C5—N1—H1N | 119.2 | C8—N4—H4NB | 120.0 |
| C1—N1—H1N | 119.2 | H4NA—N4—H4NB | 120.0 |
| C3—N2—H2NA | 120.0 | N3—C6—C7 | 119.8 (6) |
| C3—N2—H2NB | 120.0 | N3—C6—H6 | 120.1 |
| H2NA—N2—H2NB | 120.0 | C7—C6—H6 | 120.1 |
| N1—C1—C2 | 120.6 (5) | C6—C7—C8 | 121.6 (6) |
| N1—C1—H1 | 119.7 | C6—C7—Cl3 | 119.2 (5) |
| C2—C1—H1 | 119.7 | C8—C7—Cl3 | 119.2 (4) |
| C1—C2—C3 | 121.6 (5) | N4—C8—C9 | 122.7 (5) |
| C1—C2—Cl1 | 118.5 (5) | N4—C8—C7 | 122.2 (5) |
| C3—C2—Cl1 | 119.9 (4) | C9—C8—C7 | 115.0 (5) |
| N2—C3—C4 | 122.8 (5) | C10—C9—C8 | 121.8 (6) |
| N2—C3—C2 | 122.9 (5) | C10—C9—Cl4 | 119.2 (5) |
| C4—C3—C2 | 114.3 (5) | C8—C9—Cl4 | 119.0 (4) |
| C5—C4—C3 | 122.1 (5) | N3—C10—C9 | 120.1 (6) |
| C5—C4—Cl2 | 118.5 (4) | N3—C10—H10 | 120.0 |
| C3—C4—Cl2 | 119.4 (4) | C9—C10—H10 | 120.0 |
| N1—C5—C4 | 119.9 (5) | Cl7—Hg1—Cl8 | 121.61 (5) |
| N1—C5—H5 | 120.1 | Cl7—Hg1—Cl6 | 103.00 (5) |
| C4—C5—H5 | 120.1 | Cl8—Hg1—Cl6 | 104.09 (5) |
| C10—N3—C6 | 121.8 (5) | Cl7—Hg1—Cl5 | 105.31 (5) |
| C10—N3—H3N | 119.1 | Cl8—Hg1—Cl5 | 103.92 (5) |
| C6—N3—H3N | 119.1 | Cl6—Hg1—Cl5 | 120.16 (6) |
| C5—N1—C1—C2 | −0.9 (9) | C10—N3—C6—C7 | 0.2 (9) |
| N1—C1—C2—C3 | 1.1 (9) | N3—C6—C7—C8 | −0.8 (9) |
| N1—C1—C2—Cl1 | −177.6 (5) | N3—C6—C7—Cl3 | −179.8 (5) |
| C1—C2—C3—N2 | 179.7 (6) | C6—C7—C8—N4 | −180.0 (6) |
| Cl1—C2—C3—N2 | −1.6 (8) | Cl3—C7—C8—N4 | −0.9 (8) |
| C1—C2—C3—C4 | −0.1 (8) | C6—C7—C8—C9 | 1.0 (8) |
| Cl1—C2—C3—C4 | 178.5 (4) | Cl3—C7—C8—C9 | 180.0 (4) |
| N2—C3—C4—C5 | 179.2 (6) | N4—C8—C9—C10 | −179.7 (6) |
| C2—C3—C4—C5 | −1.0 (8) | C7—C8—C9—C10 | −0.7 (9) |
| N2—C3—C4—Cl2 | −1.7 (8) | N4—C8—C9—Cl4 | 0.4 (8) |
| C2—C3—C4—Cl2 | 178.2 (4) | C7—C8—C9—Cl4 | 179.4 (4) |
| C1—N1—C5—C4 | −0.2 (9) | C6—N3—C10—C9 | 0.1 (10) |
| C3—C4—C5—N1 | 1.2 (9) | C8—C9—C10—N3 | 0.2 (10) |
| Cl2—C4—C5—N1 | −178.0 (5) | Cl4—C9—C10—N3 | −179.9 (5) |
| D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
| N1—H1N···Cl8 | 0.87 | 2.53 | 3.202 (6) | 134 |
| N1—H1N···Cl8i | 0.87 | 2.54 | 3.190 (6) | 132 |
| N2—H2NA···Cl7ii | 0.87 | 2.60 | 3.439 (5) | 162 |
| N2—H2NB···Cl7iii | 0.87 | 2.51 | 3.338 (5) | 159 |
| N3—H3N···Cl5iv | 0.87 | 2.78 | 3.387 (5) | 128 |
| N3—H3N···Cl6v | 0.87 | 2.60 | 3.255 (6) | 133 |
| N4—H4NA···Cl5 | 0.87 | 2.47 | 3.229 (5) | 146 |
| N4—H4NB···Cl6vi | 0.87 | 2.46 | 3.265 (6) | 154 |
| C1—H1···Cl8 | 0.94 | 2.81 | 3.356 (6) | 118 |
| C5—H5···Cl8i | 0.94 | 2.75 | 3.308 (6) | 119 |
| C10—H10···Cl5iv | 0.94 | 2.77 | 3.396 (6) | 125 |
| Symmetry codes: (i) −x+1, −y+1, −z+1; (ii) −x+3/2, −y+1/2, −z+1; (iii) x+1/2, y+1/2, z; (iv) x, y+1, z; (v) −x+1, y+1, −z+1/2; (vi) −x+1, y, −z+1/2. |
Acknowledgements
HSE is grateful to the University of Neuchâtel for their support over the years.
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