Dichlorido(N,N-diethyl-4-{[(quinolin-2-yl)methylidene]amino-κ2N,N′}aniline)mercury(II)

Abstract

In the mononuclear title complex, [HgCl2(C20H21N3)], synthesized from the quinoline-derived Schiff baseN1,N1-diethyl-N4-(quinolin-2-ylmethylidene)benzene-1,4-diamine (QMBD), the coordination geometry around the Hg2+atom is distorted tetrahedral, comprising two Cl atoms [Hg—Cl = 2.3654 (19) and 2.4394 (18) Å] and two N-atom donors from the QMBD ligand,viz.one imine and quinoline [Hg—N = 2.334 (5) and 2.340 (5) Å, respectively]. In the crystal, weak C—H...Cl hydrogen bonds and weak π–π aromatic ring stacking interactions [minimum ring-centroid separation = 3.680 (4) Å] give an overall three-dimensional network.