Directional Cl···Cl type I and II interactions govern the low-density aggregation of 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane molecules in synclinal conformation in the crystalline state at low temperature, whereas the dense molecular packing in high-pressure is achieved for the antiperiplanar conformers and electrostatically less favored Cl···Cl contacts. The mechanism of transformation between loose and den...

Convergent preparative routes to new urea-pyrazolate dinucleating ligands are described. Metal complexes of these ligands have hydrogen bond donors that are proximal to the metal centers that interact with other coordinated species. This is exemplified by Co(II) dimers with Co(II)-mu-Cl-Co(II) motifs, in which the chloro ligand is involved in four intramolecular hydrogen bonds. These noncovalen...

In the title compound, [CdCl(2)(C(6)H(14)N(2)O)(2)], the Cl and Cd(II) atoms are located on a twofold rotation axis and the Cd(II) atom is octa-hedrally coordinated by two N,N'-bidentate 2-(morpholin-4-yl)ethanamine ligands and two trans-located Cl atoms. In the crystal, adjacent mol-ecules are linked by N-H⋯Cl and C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds into a three-dimensional structure. An intra-molecular C-H⋯...

In the title hetero-dinuclear complex, [CuSm(C(22)H(24)N(2)O(4))Cl(3)(CH(3)OH)(2)], the Cu(II) cation is N,N',O,O'-chelated by a 6,6'-dimeth-oxy-2,2'-[cyclo-hexane-1,2-diylbis(nitrilo-methanylyl-idene)]diphenolate ligand, and one Cl(-) anion further coordinates to the Cu(II) cation to complete the distorted square-pyramidal coordination geometry, while the Sm(III) cation is chelated by four O a...

The binuclear title complex, [Cu(2)Cl(4)(C(14)H(14)N(2))(2)], is located on a crystallographic inversion centre. The Cu(II) ion is in a distorted square-pyramid coordination environment formed by the bichelating N-heterocyclic ligand, two bridging Cl atoms and one terminal Cl atom. One of the bridging Cu-Cl bonds is significantly longer than the other.

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, (C(7)H(10)N)(8)[CdCl(6)]Cl(4), contains four 3-methyl-anilinium cations, two chloride anions and half an octa-hedral hexa-chloridocadmate(II) anion, which lies on an inversion centre. In the crystal, numerous N-H⋯Cl and bifurcated N-H⋯(Cl,Cl) hydrogen bonds link the components.

The unique Hg(II) ion in the title centrosymmetric dinuclear complex, [Hg(2)Cl(4)(C(12)H(9)BrN(2))(2)], is in a distorted trigonal-bipyramidal coordination environment formed by the bis-chelating N-heterocyclic ligand, two bridging Cl atoms and one terminal Cl atom. One of the bridging Hg-Cl bonds is significantly longer than the other.

The crystal structure of the title compound, [Cd(2)Cl(2)(C(2)H(8)N(2))(4)]Cl(2), consists of binuclear centrosymmetric [Cd(2)(C(2)H(8)N(2))(4)Cl(2)](2+) cations and discrete chloride anions. The Cd(II) cation is coordinated by four N atoms of two ethyl-enediamine ligands and two symmetry-related chloride anions within a distorted CdN(4)Cl(2) octa-hedron. Two Cd(II) cations are connected by two ...

We have investigated the hydration dynamics of solvated iron(ii) and iron(iii) chloride. For this, THz/FIR absorption spectra of acidified aqueous FeCl2 and FeCl3 solutions have been measured in a frequency range of 30-350 cm(-1) (≈1-10 THz). We observe a nonlinear concentration dependence of the absorption, which is attributed to the progressive formation of chloro-complexes of Fe(ii) and Fe(i...