Manganese mercury thiocyanate (MMTC) glycol monomethyl ether
First published: 30 June 2004
Xin-Qiang Wang, e-mail: [email protected]
Abstract
In the title complex, [MnHg(NCS)4(C3H8O2)]n, each Hg atom is tetrahedrally coordinated with four S atoms of the SCN− ions, and each Mn atom is octahedrally coordinated with four N atoms of the SCN− ions, one hydroxyl O atom and one ethereal O atom of the glycol monomethyl ether molecule. Each pair of Hg and Mn atoms is bridged by one SCN− ion. A 24-membered Mn3Hg3(SCN)6 ring is formed as the strucrural unit, with the six metal atoms in a chair-form hexagonal arrangement. The units are condensed and linked three-dimensionally in the crystal resulting in a diamond-like structure.
