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A Study of the Complexation of Mercury(II) with Dicysteinyl Tetrapeptides by Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry
Published on: January 8, 2016
catena-Poly[[bis-(pyrazine-2-carbox-amide-κN)mercury(II)]-di-μ-bromido]
Bahareh Mir Mohammad Sadegh1, Alireza Azhdari Tehrani, Hamid Reza Khavasi
1Department of Chemistry, Shahid Beheshti University, G. C., Evin, Tehran 1983963113, Iran.
Abstract:
In the crystal structure of the title compound, [HgBr(2)(C(5)H(5)N(3)O)(2)](n), the Hg(II) cation is located on an inversion center and is coordinated by two N atoms from the pyrazine rings and four bridging Br(-) anions in a distorted octa-hedral geometry. The Br(-) anions bridge the Hg(II) cations with significantly different Hg-Br bond distances of 2.4775 (8) and 3.1122 (8) Å, forming polymeric chains running along the a axis. Inter-molecular N-H⋯O and N-H⋯N hydrogen bonds are effective in the stabilization of the crystal structure.
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