Abstract
The combination of HgCl2 with the disulfide salt of 2-aminoethanethiol (cystamine dihydrogen dichloride) in water yields a two-dimensional chain ([HgCl4][(NH3CH2CH2S-)2])n (1). It consists of six-coordinate Hg in [HgCl4]n units with bridging and termainal Cl atoms. The disulfide groups, (NH3CH2CH2S-)2 are held between the [HgCl4]n chain with weak S-S interactions. The chlorides in the [HgCl4]n units are involved in intermolecular hydrogen bonding to yield a three-dimensional network. A similar reaction with the reduced form of cystamine (2-amino ethanethiol) yields a linear Hg(II)-bis-thiolate, [Hg(SCH2CH2NH3]2+ (2). When compound 1 is combined with two equivalents of NaOH it rearranges to 2 as indicated by 199Hg NMR and Uv-Vis.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 217-225 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Main Group Chemistry |
Volume | 4 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2005 |
Keywords
- Cystamine
- Disulfide
- Hg NMR
- HgCl
- Uv-Vis
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Organic Chemistry
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Materials Chemistry