catena-Poly[[dichloridomercury(II)]-μ-1-(2-pyridylmethyl)-1H-benzotriazole]: the effect of different metal centers on the self-assembly of coordination complexes

3,5-Bis{4-[(benzimidazol-1-yl)methyl]phenyl}-4H-1,2,4-triazol-4-amine and its one-dimensional polymeric complex with HgCl2

The molecule of 3,5-bis{4-[(benzimidazol-1-yl)methyl]phenyl}-4H-1,2,4-triazol-4-amine (L), C(30)H(24)N(8), has an antiperiplanar conformation of the two terminal benzimidazole groups and forms two-dimensional networks along the crystallographic b axis via two types of intermolecular hydrogen bonds. However, in catena-poly[[[dichloridomercury(II)]-μ-3,5-bis{4-[(benzimidazol-1-yl)methyl]phenyl}-4H-1,2,4-triazol-4-amine] dichloromethane hemisolvate], {[HgCl(2)(C(30)H(24)N(8))]·0.5CH(2)Cl(2)}(n), synthesized by the combination of L with HgCl(2), the L ligand adopts a synperiplanar conformation. The Hg(II) cation lies in a distorted tetrahedral environment, which is defined by two N atoms and two Cl atoms to form a one-dimensional zigzag chain. These zigzag chains stack via hydrogen bonds which expand the dimensionality of the structure from one to two.

Bis[μ-1-(2-pyridylmeth-yl)-1H-benzo-triazole]disilver(I) bis-(perchlorate)

In the title centrosymmetric binuclear Ag^I complex, [Ag₂(C₁₂H₁₀N₄)₂](ClO₄)₂, each Ag^I center is two-coordinated by one pyridine and one benzotriazole N-donor atom of two inversion-related 1-(2-pyridylmeth­yl)-1H-benzotriazole (L) ligands. This forms a unique box-like cyclic dimer with an intra­molecular Ag⋯Ag separation of 4.479 (2) Å. Inter­molecular C—H⋯O hydrogen-bonding inter­actions, involving uncoordinated ClO₄⁻ ions, link the binuclear units, forming a two-dimensional network parallel to (10).