Université de Fribourg

Coordination Networks of Mercury(II) Halides and Polyether Ligand

Crochet, Aurélien ; Fromm, Katharina M.

In: Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie, 2011, vol. 637, no. 14-15, p. 2089–2092

New crystalline mercury halide adducts with polyetheras ligands were isolated, characterized, and identified as trans-[HgIICl₂(diox)₂]n (1) and trans-[HgIII₂(diox)]n (2). The compounds were obtained from the metal halide salts in solution of 1,4-dioxane and can be considered as “cutting-out”...

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Polymorph of dibenzo-24-crown-8 and its mercury complex

Crochet, Aurélien ; Kottelat, Emmanuel ; Fleury, Antoine ; Neuburger, Markus ; Fromm, Katharina M.

In: Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie, 2011, vol. 637, no. 6, p. 672–675

Dibenzo-24-crown-8 is studied herein as a flexible ligand able to adopt different conformations, as well as for the complexation of mercury. The recrystallization of dibenzo-24-crown-8 (DB24C8) from dry THF gives a new polymorphic structure of this ligand. This new structure is described and compared to the literature compound. Additionally, coordination of this ligand to mercury iodide HgI₂ is...