[Hg7(SC6H11)12Br2], A novel mercury cage molecule with bridging and terminal thiolate ligands and with terminal and µ6 bromide
Abstract
Reaction of HgBr2 with sodium cyclohexanethiolate in methanol, followed by recrystallisation from pyridine, gives the discrete molecular complex [Hg7(SC6H11)12Br2], in which six Hg atoms form a distroted octahedron around a central Br, thiolate ligands are bridging or terminal, and a HgBr unit with terminal Br caps three thiolates on one side of the molecule.