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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
[Benzyl(2-pyridylmeth-yl)amine]dichloridomercury(II)
Abstract:
The Hg atom in the title compound, [HgCl(2)(C(13)H(14)N(2))], adopts a distorted tetra-hedral geometry, being ligated by two N atoms of the benzyl(2-pyridylmeth-yl)amine (bpma) ligand and two Cl atoms. The dihedral angle between the least-squares planes through the chelate ring and Cl-Hg-Cl atoms is 85.4 (1)°. The phenyl ring on the bpma ligand is twisted out of the pyridine plane, forming a dihedral angle of 76.0 (3)°. Disorder in this ring is also noted with two coplanar conformations having equal site occupancies.
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