Diiodo(3,4,5,6-tetrahydropyrimidinium-2-thiolato-S)mercury(II)
Abstract
The reaction of 3,4,5,6-tetrahydropyrimidine-2-thione (H4pymtH) with mercury(II) iodide in methanol in a 1:1 molar ratio resulted in the formation of single crystals of the title compound, [Hg(C4H8N2S)I2]. The Hg atom is coordinated by one S atom from H4pymtH at 2.456 (2) Å and by two I atoms at distances of 2.6872 (7) and 2.7044 (6) Å, and has a characteristic deformed trigonal coordination geometry. The molecule has crystallographic m symmetry but the Hg atom is disordered above and below the mirror plane.