The crystal structure of bis(chloropyridylmercury)tetracarbonyliron, Fe(CO)4[HgCl(C5H5N)]2
Abstract
The crystal structure of Fe(CO)4(HgCl·py)2 has been determined by X-ray diffraction analysis: the iron atom is octahedrally co-ordinated by four carbonyl groups and two mercury atoms but the co-ordination of the mercury atoms involving one iron atom, two chlorine atoms, one pyridine nitrogen atom, and a possible mercury–mercury bond is not simple.