Zur Kristallchemie der Oxorhenate

On the Crystal Chemistry of Oxorhenates The review deals with the crystal chemistry of oxorhenates. In contrast to the crystal chemistry of the lately discussed rhodium oxides rhenium shows many and diverse coordination. Examples are square planar polygons, trigonal bipyramids and tetrahedral as well as octahedral surroundings by oxygen. Starting with the oxides ReO₂, Re₂O₇, Re_1,16O₃, Re₃O₁₀ and ReO₃ it will be shown that oxorhenates form isolated tetrahedra, octahedra, Re₂O₁₀‐ and Re₂O₉‐groups. The polyhedra of rhenium are isolated to each other or arranged in one‐dimensional chains, in two dimensional nets and three‐dimensional networks. Rhenium adapts the crystal structures of perowskites, fluorites, pyrochlores, rutiles and stacking variants of the perowskites. Special features are mercuro‐oxorhenates (HgReO₄, Hg₂ReO₅, Hg₅Re₂O₁₀) showing – Hg⁺‐Hg⁺ – groups and Rare Earth‐Oxorhenates (Ln₂ReO₅, Ln₃Re₂O₉, Ln₅Re₂O₁₂) revealing clearly visible Re‐Re – interactions. PbRe₂O₈ and BiReO₄ are remarkable because of one sided open polyhedra, due to the lone pair activity. The positions of lone pairs (e^2? – point charge) are verified by calculations of Madelung parts of lattice energy.     

Refinement of the Crystal Structure of Sr3Hg2

Mixtures of strontium and mercury in molar ratios of 7:3 have been annealed for 20 days at 520°C. From the pure product Sr₃Hg₂ single crystals have been obtained. Sr₃Hg₂ crystallizes in the U₃Si₂ type of structure (space group P4/mbm); the cell constants are a = 8.883 (2) Å and c = 4.553(1) Å. All of the Hg atoms are involved in Hg₂ dumbbells with Hg? Hg distances of 3.41 Å.     

Novel methodology for the study of mercury methylation and reduction in sediments and water using <Superscript>197</Superscript>Hg radiotracer

Mercury tracers are powerful tools that can be used to study mercury transformations in environmental systems, particularly mercury methylation, demethylation and reduction in sediments and water. However, mercury transformation studies using tracers can be subject to error, especially when used to assess methylation potential. The organic mercury extracted can be as low as 0.01% of the endogenous labeled mercury, and artefacts and contamination present during methylmercury (MeHg) extraction processes can cause interference. Solvent extraction methods based on the use of either KBr/H₂SO₄ or HCl were evaluated in freshwater sediments using ¹⁹⁷Hg radiotracer. Values obtained for the ¹⁹⁷Hg tracer in the organic phase were up to 25-fold higher when HCl was used, which is due to the coextraction of ¹⁹⁷Hg²⁺ into the organic phase during MeHg extraction. Evaluations of the production of MeHg gave similar results with both MeHg extraction procedures, but due to the higher Hg²⁺ contamination of the controls, the uncertainty in the determination was higher when HCl was used. The Hg²⁺ contamination of controls in the HCl extraction method showed a nonlinear correlation with the humic acid content of sediment pore water. Therefore, use of the KBr/H₂SO₄ method is recommended, since it is free from these interferences. ¹⁹⁷Hg radiotracer (T _1/2 = 2.673 d) has a production rate that is about 50 times higher than that of ²⁰³Hg (T _1/2 = 46.595 d), the most frequently used mercury radiotracer. Hence it is possible to obtain a similar level of performance to ²⁰³Hg when it is used it in short-term experiments and produced by the irradiation of ¹⁹⁶Hg with thermal neutrons, using mercury targets with the natural isotopic composition. However, if the 0.15% natural abundance of the ¹⁹⁶Hg isotope is increased, the specific activity of the ¹⁹⁷Hg tracer can be significantly improved. In the present work, ¹⁹⁷Hg tracer was produced from mercury 51.58% enriched in the ¹⁹⁶Hg isotope, and a 340-fold increase in specific activity with respect to natural mercury targets was obtained. When this high specific activity tracer is employed, mercury methylation and reduction experiments with minimum mercury additions are feasible. Tracer recovery in methylation experiments (associated with Me¹⁹⁷Hg production from ¹⁹⁷Hg²⁺ spike, but also with Hg²⁺ contamination and Me¹⁹⁷Hg artefacts) with marine sediments was about 0.005% g⁻¹ WS (WS: wet sediment) after 20 h incubation with mercury additions of 0.05 ng g⁻¹ WS, which is far below natural mercury levels. In this case, the amount of Hg²⁺ reduced to Hg⁰ (expressed as the percent ¹⁹⁷Hg⁰ recovered with respect to the ¹⁹⁷Hg²⁺ added) varied from 0.13 to 1.6% g⁻¹ WS. Me¹⁹⁷Hg production from ¹⁹⁷Hg²⁺ spike after 20 h of incubation of freshwater sediment ranged from 0.02 to 0.13% g⁻¹ WS with mercury additions of 2.5 ng g⁻¹ WS, which is also far below natural levels. ¹⁹⁷Hg⁰ recoveries were low, 0.0058 ± 0.0013% g⁻¹ WS, but showed good reproducibility in five replicates. Me¹⁹⁷Hg production from ¹⁹⁷Hg²⁺ spiked in freshwater samples ranged from 0.1 to 0.3% over a period of three days with mercury additions of 10 ng L⁻¹. A detection limit of 0.05% for Me¹⁹⁷Hg production from ¹⁹⁷Hg²⁺ spike was obtained in seawater in a 25 h incubation experiment with mercury additions of 12 ng L⁻¹.     

Vibrational spectroscopy and solid-state MAS NMR studies of mercury(II) acetate complexes [Hg(X)OAc]: Crystal structure of [Hg(CN)OAc]

The syntheses of [Hg(X)OAc] (OAc=acetate; X=CN, Cl, Br, I, SCN) are reported, and the crystal structure of the cyano complex has been determined. The asymmetric unit contains two [Hg(CN)OAc] molecules which show almost linear C–Hg–O bonding (Hg–C=2.019(13), 2.016(11) Å; Hg–O=2.067(9), 2.058(8) Å; C–Hg–O=176.0(4), 172.3(5)°), with only one of the two acetate oxygen atoms bound directly to the mercury atom. Secondary HgO and HgN contacts in the range 2.6–2.8 Å are about 0.2 Å shorter than the secondary HgO contacts in the corresponding X=Ph complex. The ν(HgX) and ν(HgO) modes have been assigned in the IR and Raman spectra of [Hg(X)OAc] (X=CN, Cl, Br, I, SCN); these spectra show that the complexes have structures with essentially linear O–Hg–X bonding, similar to that of the cyanide. Solid-state ¹⁹⁹Hg MAS NMR spectra have been recorded for HgX₂ (X=CN, Cl) and [Hg(X)OAc] (X=Me, Ph, CN, Cl, SCN), and spinning sideband analysis has been used to determine the ¹⁹⁹Hg shielding anisotropy and asymmetry parameters Δσ and η. A semi-empirical method for the calculation of the local paramagnetic contribution to the shielding is given, and a linear relationship between Δσ and the isotropic shielding σ_iso which is predicted by this model for linear HgXY species is found to be obeyed reasonably well by the experimental data for HgX₂ and [Hg(X)OAc]. The same method is used to analyse the effects of secondary bonding on the ¹⁹⁹Hg shielding parameters. The ¹³C MAS NMR spectrum of [Hg(SCN)OAc] shows ²J(¹⁹⁹Hg¹³C) and ³J(¹⁹⁹Hg¹³C) coupling to the acetate carbon atoms, with magnitudes similar to those found previously for Hg(OAc)₂. The CN carbon signals in Hg(CN)₂ and [Hg(CN)OAc] are split into 2:1 doublets due to residual dipolar coupling to the quadrupolar ¹⁴N nucleus.     

Präparation,Kristallstruktur und thermisches Verhalten der Quecksilber(I)phosphate α-(Hg2)3(PO4)2, β-(Hg2)3(PO4)2 und (Hg2)2P2O7

Contributions on Crystal Structures and Thermal Behaviour of Anhydrous Phosphates. XXIII. Preparation, Crystal Structure, and Thermal Behaviour of the Mercury(I) Phosphates α-(Hg₂)₃(PO₄)₂, β-(Hg₂)₃(PO₄)₂, and (Hg₂)₂P₂O₇ Light-yellow single crystals of (Hg₂)₂P₂O₇ have been obtained via chemical vapour transport in a temperature gradient (500 °C → 450 °C, 23 d) using Hg₂Cl₂ as transport agent. Characteristic feature of the crystal structure (P2/n, Z = 2, a = 9,186(1), b = 4,902(1), c = 9,484(1) Å, β = 98,82(2)°, 1228 independent of 5004 reflections, R(F) = 0,066 for 61 variables, 7 atoms in the asymmetric unit) are Hg₂²⁺-units with d(Hg1–Hg1) = 2,508 Å and d(Hg2–Hg2) = 2,519 Å. The dumbbells Hg₂²⁺ are coordinated by oxygen, thus forming polyhedra [(Hg1₂)O₄] and [(Hg2₂)O₆]. These polyhedra share some oxygen atoms. In addition they are linked by the diphosphate anion P₂O₇^4– (ecliptic conformation; ∠(P,O,P) = 129°) to built up the 3-dimensional structure. Under hydrothermal conditions (T = 400 °C) orange single crystals of the mercury(I) orthophosphates α-(Hg₂)₃(PO₄)₂ and β-(Hg₂)₃(PO₄)₂ have been obtained from (Hg₂)₂P₂O₇ and H₃PO₄ (c = 1%). The crystal structures of both modifications have been refined from X-ray single crystal data [α-form (β-form): P2₁/c (P2₁/n), Z = 2 (2), a = 8,576(3) (7,869(3)), b = 4,956(1) (8,059(3)), c = 15,436(3) (9,217(4)) Å, β = 128,16(3) (108,76(4))°, 1218 (1602) independent reflections of 4339 (6358) reflections, R(F) = 0,039 (0,048) for 74 (74) variables, 8 (8) atoms in the asymmetric unit]. In the structure of α-(Hg₂)₃(PO₄)₂ three crystallographically independent mercury atoms, located in two independent dumbbells, are coordinated by three oxygen atoms each. Thus, [(Hg₂)O₆] dimers with a strongly distorted tetrahedral coordination of all mercury atoms are formed. Such dimers are present besides [(Hg₂)O₅]-polyhedra in the less dense crystal structure of β-(Hg₂)₃(PO₄)₂ (d(Hg–Hg) = 2,518 Å). The mercury(I) phosphates are thermally labile and disproportionate between 200 °C (β-(Hg₂)₃(PO₄)₂) and 480 °C (α-(Hg₂)₃(PO₄)₂) to elemental mercury and the corresponding mercury(II) phosphate.     

The first phosphoramide–mercury(II) complex with a Cl2Hg–OP[N(C)(C)]3 segment

Mercury(II) exhibits a strong preference for linear coordination which has been attributed to relativistic effects splitting the 6p orbitals and promoting sp hybridization. If the two ligands attached to the mercury(II) ion are weak donors, the metal ion can act as a good Lewis acid and expand its coordination number. Moreover, mercury has a special affinity for softer bases, such as S and N atoms, and has much less affinity for hard bases, such as those including an O atom. The asymmetric unit of dichlorido[tris(piperidin‐1‐yl)phosphane oxide‐κO]mercury(II)–dichloridomercury(II) (2/1), [HgCl₂{(C₅H₁₀N)₃PO}]₂·[HgCl₂], is composed of one HgCl₂{(C₅H₁₀N)₃PO} complex and one half of a discrete HgCl₂ entity located on an inversion centre. The coordination environment around the Hg^II centre in the complex component is a distorted T‐shape. Bond‐valence‐sum calculations confirm the three‐coordination mode of the Hg^II atom of the complex molecule. The noncovalent nature of the Hg…Cl and Hg…O interactions in the structure are discussed.     

Über Perrhenate. 3 Zum Aufbau des Mesoperrhenates Na3[ReO5]

About Perrhenates. 3 On the Structure of the Mesoperrhenate Na₃[ReO₅] By tempering powder samples (prepared from mixtures of binary oxides: Na₂O₂/ReO₂ and Na₂O/ReO₃ respectively, Na : Re = 3 : 1, Ar and O₂ atmosphere respectively, 400–450°C, corundum boat) in a closed Ag cylinder (500–550°C, 10 d) yellow single crystals of Na₃ReO₅, sensitive to moisture, were grown. The compound crystallizes trigonal, space group P3₁, P3₂ respectively, with a = 5.544(1), c = 13.580(7) Å, Z = 3, d_rö. = 4.62 g/cm³. The crystal structure [4-circle diffractometer data, 1091 I₀(hkl), AgKα, R = 6.14, R_w = 6.08%] is characterized by “isolated” bipyramids ReO₅. Na⁺ ions are occupying all the tetrahedral (Na2, Na3) and octahedral (Na1) holes of the pseudocubic face centred (c/a = 2.441) Re part of the lattice; resulting in a Na₃Re kation framework corresponding to the Li₃Bi type of structure. Effective Coordination Numbers (ECoN), the Madelung Part of Lattice energy (MAPLE) and the charge distribution (CHARDI) are computed and discussed.     

Polymeric assembling through reciprocal metal-η-arene π-interactions: Synthesis and X-ray characterization of [Hg(RPhNNNPhR′)2Py]2 (R = NO2, R′ = F), an asymmetric bis diaryl-substituted triazenide-pyridinyl complex of Hg(II)

Hg(SCN)₂ reacts with 3-(2-fluorophenyl)-1-(4-nitrophenyl)triazene in tetrahydrofuran in the presence of triethylamine to give orange crystals of [Hg^II(RPhNNNPhR′)₂Py]₂ (R = NO₂, R′ = F), a new polymeric triazenide-pyridinyl complex of Hg(II) with reciprocal metal-η²-arene π-interactions. The crystal structure belongs to the triclinic space group , and the lattice of [Hg^II(RPhNNNPhR′)₂Py]₂ can be viewed as a supramolecular unidimensional assembling of tectonic [Hg^II(RPhNNNPhR′)₂Py] units linked through intermolecular metal-arene π interactions and non-classical C-H?O hydrogen bonding.     

基于T-T碱基错配的荧光传感器特异性检测汞离子

在本文中,我们研制了一种基于T-T碱基错配特异性键合汞离子的荧光传感器用于汞离子的检测。该传感器由两条分别标记了荧光基团（F）和淬灭基团（Q）的DNA探针组成,并且含有两对用于结合汞离子的T-T错配碱基。当汞离子存在时,两条探针之间形成T-Hg2+-T结构,作用力增强,从而拉近了荧光基团与淬灭基团之间的距离,发生能量转移,使荧光信号在一定程度上被淬灭。在优化的条件下,我们使用该传感器对汞离子进行检测,动力学响应范围为50nM到1000nM,线性相关方程为y= 5281.13 - 1650.56 lg[Hg2+] ( R2 = 0.985),检测下限为79nM。此外,我们还考察了该传感器的选择性,当用其它干扰离子（浓度都为1.0µM）代替待测离子进行实验时,没有发生明显的荧光淬灭,说明该传感器具有较高的选择性。该传感器的构建为汞离子的检测提供了一条快速、简便的新途径。     

Supramolecular assemblages through metal-η-arene π-interactions: Synthesis and X-ray characterization of {Hg[NNN(PhR)2]2}n (R = NO2, F), a bis diaryl-substituted triazenide complex polymer of Hg(II)

3-(2-fluorophenyl)-1-(3-nitrophenyl)triazene reacts with mercury(II) acetate in tetrahydrofuran in the presence of 2,2′-bipyridilamine to give yellow crystalline blocks of polymeric {Hg^II[NNN(PhR)₂]₂}_n (R = NO₂, F). The new triazenide complex belongs to the triclinic space group . In a molecule of {Hg^II[NNN(PhR)₂]₂} two deprotonated 1,3-diaryl-substituted triazenide ligands are coordinated in an opposite way to one Hg(II) ion by means of primary and secondary bonds. The Hg(II) ions are placed on the inversion centers of translation operated {Hg[NNN(PhR)₂]₂} moieties which are stacked along the crystallographic a-axis forming infinite unidimensional chains linked through metalocene alike Hg-η²,η²-arene π-interactions.     

Crystal Structure of the Mixed‐Valent Basic Mercury Nitrate HgI2(NO3)2·HgII(OH)(NO3)·HgII(NO3)2·4HgIIO [= Hg8O4(OH)(NO3)5]

Light‐yellow single crystals of the mixed‐valent mercury‐rich basic nitrate Hg₈O₄(OH)(NO₃)₅ were obtained as a by‐product at 85 °C from a melt consisting of stoichiometric amounts of (Hg^I₂)(NO₃)₂·2H₂O and Hg^II(OH)(NO₃). The title compound, represented by the more detailed formula Hg^I₂(NO₃)₂·Hg^II(OH)(NO₃)·Hg^II(NO₃)₂·4Hg^IIO, exhibits a new structure type (monoclinic, C2/c, Z = 4, a = 6.7708(7), b = 11.6692(11), c = 24.492(2) Å, β = 96.851(2)°, 2920 structure factors, 178 parameters, R1[F² > 2σ(F²)] = 0.0316) and is made up of almost linear [O‐Hg^II‐O] and [O‐Hg^I‐Hg^I‐O] building blocks with typical Hg^II‐O distances around 2.06Å and a Hg^I‐O distance of 2.13Å. The Hg₂²⁺ dumbbell exhibits a characteristic Hg‐Hg distance of 2.5079(7) Å. The different types of mercury‐oxygen units form a complex three‐dimensional network exhibiting large cavities which are occupied by the nitrate groups. The NO₃^? anions show only weak interactions between the nitrate oxygen atoms and the mercury atoms which are at distances > 2.6Å from one another. One of the three crystallographically independent nitrate groups is disordered.     

Polysulfonylamine. XXXVII. Darstellung von Quecksilberdimesylamiden. Kristall- und Molekülstrukturen von Hg[N(SO2CH3)2]2, Hg[{N(SO2CH3)2}2(DMSO)2] und Hg[{N(SO2CH3)2}2(HMPA)]

Polysulfonyl Amines. XXXVII. Preparation of Mercury Dimesylamides. Crystal and Molecular Structures of Hg[N(SO₂CH₃)₂]₂, Hg[{N(SO₂CH₃)₂}₂(DMSO)₂], and Hg[{N(SO₂CH₃)₂}₂(HMPA)] Hg[N(SO₂CH₃)₂]₂ ( 1 ) and Hg₂[N(SO₂CH₃)₂]₂ ( 2 a ) are formed as colourless, sparingly soluble precipitates when solutions of Hg(NO₃)₂ or Hg₂(NO₃)₂ in dilute nitric acid are added to an aqueous HN(SO₂CH₃)₂ solution. By a similar reaction, Hg₂[N(SO₂C₆H₄ ? Cl? 4)₂]₂ is obtained. 1 forms isolable complexes of composition Hg[N(SO₂CH₃)₂]₂ · 2 L with L = dimethyl sulfoxide (complex 3 a ), acetonitrile, dimethyl formamide, pyridine or 1,10-phenanthroline and a (1/1) complex Hg[N(SO₂CH₃)₂]₂ · HMPA ( 4 ) with hexamethyl phosphoramide. Attempted complexation of 2 a with some of these ligands induced formation of Hg⁰ and the corresponding Hg^II complexes. Crystallographic data (at -95°C) are for 1: space group 14₁/a, a = 990.7(2), c = 2897.7(8) pm, V = 2.844 nm³, Z = 8, D_x = 2.545Mgm^?3; for 4a: space group P1 , a = 767.8(2), b = 859.2(2), c = 925.2(2)pm α = 68.44(2), β = 86.68(2), γ = 76.24(2)°, V = 0.551nm³, Z = 1, D_x = 2.113 Mgm^?3; for 4: space group P2₁/c, a = 1041.3(3), b = 1545.4(3), c = 1542.5(3) pm, β = 100.30(2)°, V = 2.474nm³, Z = 4, D_x = 1.944Mgm³. The three compounds form molecular crystals. The molecular structures contain a linear or approximately linear, covalent NHgN moiety; the Hg? N distances and N? Hg? N angles are 206.7(4) pm and 176.3(2)° for 1, 207.2(2) pm and 180.0° for 3a, 205.7(4)/206.7(4) pm and 170.5(1)° for 4. In the complexes 3a and 4, the 0-ligands are bonded to the Hg atoms perpendicularly to the N? Hg? N axes, leading in 3a to a square-planar trans-(N₂O₂) coordination with Hg? 0 261.2(2) pm and N? Hg? O 92.3(1)/87.7(1)°, in 4 to a slightly distorted T-shaped (N₂O) geometry with Hg? 0 246.2(4)pm and N? Hg? 0 96.7(1)/92.0(1)°. In all three structures, the primary coordination is extended to a severely distorted (N₂O₄) hexacoordination by the appropriate number of secondary, inter- and/or intramolecular Hg…?0 inter-actions (0 atoms from sulfonyl groups, Hg…?O distances in the range 280—300pm). The intramolecular Hg…?O interactions give rise to nearly planar four-membered [HgNSO] rings. The molecule of 1 has a two-fold axis through the bisector of the N? Hg? N angle, the molecule of 3a an inversion center at the Hg atom. The molecule of 4 has no symmetry.     

The effect of selfassociation of mercurated carbonyl compounds of mercury-199 chemical shifts

Temperature and concentration dependences of mercury-199 chemical shifts in benzene solutions of bis(methylethylketone)mercury Hg(CH₂COC₂H₅) (I) and α-bis(methylacetoacetone)mercury Hg(CH₂COCH₂COOCH₃)₂ (II) are determined by the ¹H-{¹⁹⁹Hg}method. The NMR data obtained and the IR spectra are indicative of selfassociation of I and II in solution with the formation of weak intermolecular coordination bonds Hg ← :OC. The enthalpies of complex formation calculated on the assumption of one mercury atom bonding with only one carbonyl function are equal to ?3.2 ± 0.1 kcal/mol and ?2.2 ± 0.1 kcal/mol for I and II, respectively.     

Coordination modes of 3-hydroxypicolinic acid: Synthesis and structural characterization of polymeric mercury(II) complexes

Novel mercury(II) compounds of 3-hydroxypicolinic acid (HpicOH; IUPAC name: 3-hydroxy-2-pyridinecarboxylic acid) were synthesized and characterized. HgCl(picOH) (1) and HgBr₂(HpicOH) (2) were obtained as reaction products from the reaction of the corresponding mercury(II) halide with HpicOH, irrespective of the molar ratio of the reactants. From the reaction of HpicOH and mercury(II) acetate, Hg(picOH)₂ (3) was obtained, while mercury(II) nitrate monohydrate gave the 1/1 solvate with water Hg(picOH)₂ · H₂O (3a). Infrared, ¹H and ¹³C NMR spectroscopic data were analyzed for complexes 1, 2 and 3. X-ray crystal structure analysis of 1 and 2 revealed their polymeric nature and different coordination modes of HpicOH. In 1 the deprotonated picolinic acid is N,O-chelating and bridging, while in 2 HpicOH is a O-monodentate weakly bound ligand. Compound 1 consists of HgCl(picOH) moieties with two linear covalent bonds, Hg–N 2.143(4) and Hg–Cl 2.298(1) Å, and four additional Hg?O contacts (2.460(3)–2.904(3) Å) in which both oxygen atoms from the carboxylic group are bridging and involved in coordination to three neighboring mercury atoms, thus forming infinite layers. The coordination of mercury is 2 + 4. 2 consists of {HgBr₂(HpicOH)} moieties, which are linked into chains by means of mercury to bromine secondary long range interactions. The coordination sphere of mercury can be described as irregular 2 + 3 formed by two covalently bonded bromine atoms (Hg–Br 2.277(1) and 2.366(1) Å), two bridging bromine atoms (Hg?Br 3.309(1) and 3.247(1) Å) and by the HpicOH ligand attached to mercury in the zwitterionic form via the carboxylic oxygen atom (Hg?O 2.602(7) Å).     

Quecksilberverbindungen mit Cyancarbanionen. II. Synthese und Kristallstruktur von Diquecksilber(I)-bis(1,1,3,3-tetracyanpropenid)

Mercury Compounds with Cyancarbanions. II Synthesis and Crystal Structure of Dimercury(I)-bis(1,1,3,3-tetracyanpropenide) The structure of dimercury(I)-bis(1,1,3,3-tetracyanpropenide), Hg₂(tcp)₂, has been determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction methods. The crystals are monoclinic, space group P 2₁/n. The unit cell dimensions are: a = 9.9193(3) Å, b = 5.6912(6) Å, c = 13.3806(4), β = 92.544(4)° and Z = 2. The mercury atoms in the centrosymmetric cation are three-coordinate with Hg? Hg 2.503, Hg? N 2.207, 2.207, 2.560 Å. tcp behaves as a bidentate ligand forming infinite chains running parallel to the a-axis.     

Solid phase extraction of trace amount of mercury from natural waters on silver and gold nanoparticles

Silver (Ag) and gold (Au) nanoparticles impregnated in nylon membrane filters have been proposed as a new solid phase for preconcentration of mercury from natural waters. Water samples were treated with KMnO₄ to convert all mercury species to inorganic Hg²⁺ and this was followed by the reduction of Hg²⁺ with NaBH₄ to elemental Hg⁰. The determination of Hg was carried out by thermal evaporation of mercury from membrane filters using Zeeman mercury analyzer RA–915+ (Lumex, Russia). This process does not involve any additional sample treatment and sharply reduces risk of samples contamination. The limit of detection (LOD) was found to be 0.04 ng (absolute mass). Relative LOD was 0.4 ng L⁻¹ for 100 mL of water. The method was validated through the analysis of CRM NRCC Tort–2 (Lobster hepatopancreas) and the found value (0.30 ± 0.07 μg g⁻¹) was in good agreement with the certified value (0.27 ± 0.06 μg g⁻¹). High efficiency of Hg accumulation from aqueous phase to membrane filters can be attributed to a large surface area of nanoparticles.     

Rhenium(V) Complexes of N,N′-Ethylenebis(2-mercaptopropanamide). Synthesis,Characterization, and X-ray Crystal Structures

The preparation of benzoyl-protectcd N,N′-ethylenebis(2-mercaptopropanamide) (H₄emp) and its ligand-exchange reaction with ReO₂(en)₂Cl are described. Three diastereomers, [syn-ReO(meso-emp)]; [anti-ReO(meso-emp)]-, and a pair of cnantiomers, [ReO(rac-emp)]-, were formed due to syn and anti orientation of the two methyl groups of the ligand relative to the ReO core. The diastereomers were separated by reverse phase C₁₈ semipreparative HPLC and isolated as salts of [Ph₄As][ReO-(emp)]. The structures of [Ph₄ As][ReO(meso-emp)] were determined by single-crystal X-ray analyses. [Ph₄As][syn-ReO(mesocmp)]H₂O crystallizes in triclinic space group Pl with a = 10.326(3) Å, b = 13.672(4) A, c = 14.023(5) Å, α = 61.20(2)°, β =74.74(3)°, γ= 75.68(2)° V = 1656.6(8) ų, Z = 2, Dc = 1.676 gmL^?1, F(000) = 824 and R = 0.0329 for 5877 unique reflections. For (he complex [Ph₄As][anti-ReO(meso-emp)], the crystal data are: monoclinic, space group P2₁/n, a = 9.128(2) Å, b = 24.284(7) Å, c = 14.112(4) Å, β = 93.41(2)° V = 3122.5(15) À³, Z = 4, Dc = 1.740 gmL^?1, F(000) = 1608 and R = 0.0361 for 5487 unique reflections. In both structures the rhenium atom is penta-coordinated and in an approximately square pyramidal environment.     

Preparation,Single Crystal Structure Analysis,and Thermal Behaviour of the Acidic Mercury(I) Phosphate (Hg2)2(H2PO4)(PO4)

Yellowish single crystals of acidic mercury(I) phosphate (Hg₂)₂(H₂PO₄)(PO₄) were obtained at 200 °C under hydrothermal conditions in 32% HF from a starting complex of microcrystalline (Hg₂)₂P₂O₇. Refinement of single crystal data converged at a conventional residual R[F² > 2σ(F²)] = 3.8% (C2/c, Z = 8, a = 9.597(2) Å, b = 12.673(2) Å, c = 7.976(1) Å, β = 110.91(1)°, V = 906.2(2) ų, 1426 independent reflections > 2σ out of 4147 reflections, 66 variables). The crystal structure consists of Hg₂²⁺‐dumbbells and discrete phosphate groups H₂PO₄^– and PO₄^3–. The Hg₂²⁺ pairs are built of two crystallographically independent Hg atoms with a distance d(Hg1–Hg2) = 2.5240(6) Å. The oxygen coordination sphere around the mercury atoms is asymmetric with three O atoms for Hg1 and four O atoms for Hg2. The oxygen atoms belong to the different PO₄ tetrahedra, which in case of H₂PO₄‐groups are connected by hydrogen bonding. Upon heating over 230 °C, (Hg₂)₂(H₂PO₄)(PO₄) condenses to (Hg₂)₂P₂O₇, which in turn disproportionates at higher temperatures into Hg₂P₂O₇ and elemental mercury.     

Mercury(II) polyphosphate,Hg(PO3)2

Single crystals of mercury(II) polyphosphate, Hg(PO₃)₂, were prepared from HgO in an acidic polyphosphate melt. The structure is isotypic with α‐Cd(PO₃)₂ and comprises infinite polyphosphate chains with a period of four phosphate units. Chains of the form ¹_∞[PO₃^?] are linked by Hg²⁺ to form a three‐dimensional network. The Hg atom is located at the centre of a distorted octahedron of O atoms with distances 2.173 (5) < (Hg—O)_mean < 2.503 (6) Å. The [HgO₆] polyhedra form zigzag‐like chains of the form ¹_∞[HgO₂O_4/2] parallel to the c axis.     

Single Crystal Growth and Crystal Structure of Anhydrous Mercury(I) Nitrate,Hg2(NO3)2

Polycrystalline anhydrous Hg₂(NO₃)₂ was prepared by drying Hg₂(NO₃)₂·2H₂O over concentrated sulphuric acid. Evaporation of a concentrated and slightly acidified mercury(I) nitrate solution to which the same volumetric amount of pyridine was added, led to the growth of colourless rod‐like single crystals of Hg₂(NO₃)₂. Besides the title compound, crystals of hydrous Hg₂(NO₃)₂·2H₂O and the basic (Hg₂)₂(OH)(NO₃)₃ were formed as by‐products after a crystallization period of about 2 to 4 days at room temperature. The crystal structure was determined from two single crystal diffractometer data sets collected at —100°C and at room temperature: space group P2₁, Z = 4, —100°C [room temperature]: a = 6.2051(10) [6.2038(7)]Å, b = 8.3444(14) [8.3875(10)]Å, c = 11.7028(1) [11.7620(14)]Å, ß = 93.564(3) [93.415(2)]°, 3018 [3202] structure factors, 182 [182] parameters, R[Fμ² > 2σ(Fμ²)] = 0.0266 [0.0313]. The structure is built up of two crystallographically inequivalent Hg₂²⁺ dumbbells and four NO₃^— groups which form molecular [O₂N‐O‐Hg‐Hg‐O‐NO₂] units with short Hg‐O bonds. Via long Hg‐O bonds to adjacent nitrate groups the crystal packing is achieved. The Hg‐Hg distances with an average of d(Hg‐Hg) = 2.5072Å are in the typical range for mercurous oxo compounds. The oxygen coordination around the mercury dumbbells is asymmetric with four and six oxygen atoms as ligands for the two mercury atoms of each dumbbell. The nitrate groups deviate slightly from the geometry of an equilateral triangle with an average distance of d(N‐O) = 1.255Å.