On mercurous nitrite and a basic mercurous nitrate derivative

Samanta, Subhas ; Goswami, Sreebrata ; Chakravorty, Animesh (2011) On mercurous nitrite and a basic mercurous nitrate derivative Indian Journal of Chemistry - Section A: Inorganic, Physical, Theoretical and Analytical Chemistry, 50A (2). pp. 137-140. ISSN 0376-4710

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Abstract

Mercurous nitrite, first reported by P C Ray in 1896, has a centrosymmetric structure with unsymmetrical nitrite chelation consistent with the hybridization of the metal-metal bond. When left in air with adhering mother liquor it is slowly transformed into a stable basic salt, Hg6(OH)2(NO3)4, having a centrosymmetric zigzag structure in which each of the OH group bridges two mercurous moieties and pairs of nitrate ions cap the terminal metal atoms. In both, relatively weak intermolecular Hg-O bonding is present in the lattice. The basic salt (n = 2) belongs to a homologous family of general formula Hg2{(OH)Hg2}n(NO3)n+2.

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Keywords:Inorganic Chemistry; Nitrites; Nitrates; Mercurous Nitrite; Basic Mercurous Nitrate; Crystal Structure
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