Synthesis, crystal structure and Hirshfeld surface analysis of a new 0D nanostructured [{Ar-Cl)tetra-azo-S}₂Hg] coordination supramolecular compound derived from phenyl isothiocyanate ligand

Abstract

Nanoparticles of a new mercury(II) coordination supramolecular compound (CSC), [{(Ar-Cl)tetra-azo-S}₂Hg] (1), were synthesized using a sonochemical process and characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and elemental analyses (EA). The single crystal X-ray data of 1 revealed that the Hg ion was two-coordinate. Also, Hirshfeld surface analysis of 1 showed the effective role of interactions related to nitrogen atoms in stabilization of the supramolecular structure. The role of ultrasonic power, sonicating time and temperature on the size and morphology of the nano-structured compound obtained from 1 were investigated. The results indicated that increasing temperature and sonication power and decreasing sonication time led to reducing the particle size.

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Keywords:

• Nanoparticles
• coordination supramolecular compound
• Hirshfeld surface analysis
• ultrasonic
• morphology

Acknowledgements

I express thanks to Professor Davide M. Proserpio (Milan, Italy) for teaching ToposPro lessons. I express gratitude to Eugeny V. Alexandrov (Samara, Russia) for many fruitful discussions about coordination compounds topology. I am deeply indebted to AbdoRahim Sharifi for improving early version of the article.

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