Crystal and molecular structure of 3,5-bis(N,N-diethylimonium)-1,2,4-trithiolane-tetraiododi-μ-iododiinercurate(II)

The crystal and molecular structure of 3,5-bis(N,N-diethylimonium)-1,2,4-trithiolane-tetraiododi--iododimercurate(II), (S₃C₂N₂(C₂H₅)₄)Hg₂I₆, has been determined from a single-crystal X-ray diffraction study. The monoclinic unit cell, space groupP2₁/c, witha = 12·574(3),b = 15·777(4),c = 14·560(4) Å, and = 90·83(4) °, contains four formula-units. Three-dimensional intensity data were collected on an automatic diffractometer. Atomic parameters were refined by full-matrix least-squares methods to a conventionalR value of 0·05 for 1380 independent non-zero reflexions. The structure consists of (3,5-bis(N,N-diethyl-imonium)-1,2,4-trithiolane)²⁺ and Hg₂I ₆ ^2– ions. The cation contains a five-membered ring, S-S-C-S-C, which can be formed by oxidation of dithiocarbamato and thiuramdisulfide complexes.