The Crystal and Molecular Structure of Methyl(Cyclopentanone-Thiosemicarbazonato)Mercury(II)

Abstract

Abstract The crystal structure of HgMe(L) (L = Cyclopentanonethiosemicarbazonato) has been determined. The compound, which crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P21/c with a = 8.973(2), b = 15.247(3), c = 7.511(2) Å, β = 101.90(2)°, and Z = 4 (R = 0.040, R′ = 0.041), is formed from molecules in which the thiosemicarbazonato anion forms a bond with mercury with the sulphur atom as well as a particularly strong secondary bond with nitrogen N(1). Molecules in the unit cell pack in pairs through weak hydrogen bonds.