Über Münzmetall‐Quecksilber‐Chalkogenidhalogenide. IV1) Hydrothermalsynthese und Kristallstruktur von CuHgSI und CuHg2S2I

On Coinage Metal Mercury Chalcogenide Halides. IV Hydrothermal Synthesis and Crystal Structure of CuHgSI and CuHg₂S₂I The hydrothermal reaction of CuI with α‐HgS in diluted aqueous HI‐solution as solvent at 180 °C yields dark red crystals of CuHgSI. The compound crystallizes orthorhombic in the space group Pna2₁ with a = 718.3(1) pm, b = 834.3(2) pm and c = 698.9(1) pm and Z = 4. CuHg₂S₂I was obtained by the hydrothermal reaction of CuI with α‐HgS in diluted HI‐solution at 300 °C as black crystals. The compound crystallizes orthorhombic in the space group Cmc2₁ with a = 1261.8(3) pm, b = 722.4(1) pm and c = 693.7(1) pm and Z = 4. Both crystal structures could be explained as distorted version of the Wurtzite structure type in which two different types of anion‐lattices are built up.