| Abstract: | On the Dicyanothiocyanatomercurates(II) of the Alkaline-earth Metals The reactions between Hg(CN)2 and M(NCS)2 · nH2O (M = Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba; n = 3, 4) in aqueous solutions lead to the compounds M[Hg(CN)2SCN]2 · 4 H2O. The compounds yielded by crystallization are characterized with x-ray, spectroscopic, and thermal methods. The crystal structures of Mg[Hg(CN)2SCN]2 · 4 H2O and Sr[Hg(CN)2SCN]2 · 4 H2O have been determined by x-ray structure analysis. These structures can be compared with the compounds M′Hg(CN)2SCN (M′ = K, Rb, Cs). |
