Dichloro­[(6R,7S,8S,14S)‐(–)‐sparteine‐κ2N,N′]mercury(II)

In the title compound, HgCl₂(C₁₅H₂₆N₂)], the chiral alkaloid (6R,7S,8S,14S)‐(?)‐l ‐sparteine acts as a bident­ate ligand, with two Cl^? ligands occupying the remaining coordination sites, producing a distorted tetra­hedron. The N—Hg—N plane is twisted by 81.1 (2)° from the Cl—Hg—Cl plane. The mid‐point of the N?N line does not lie exactly on the Cl—Hg—Cl plane but is tilted towards one of the N atoms by 0.346 Å. Similarly, the mid‐point of the Cl?Cl line is tilted toward one of the Cl atoms by 0.163 Å. The packing structure shows that the complex is stabilized by two inter­atomic Cl?H contacts involving both Cl atoms and the methyl­ene or methine H atoms of the (?)‐sparteine ligand.