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metal-organic compounds
The structure of the title compound {[HgCl2([18]aneS2O4)]HgCl2}n ([18]aneS2O4 = 1,4,7,10-tetraoxa-13,16-dithiacyclooctadecane), [Hg2Cl4(C12H24O4S2)], has been redetermined, and reinterpreted as a one-dimensional polymeric thread comprising linked Hg4Cl4 macrocyclic moieties with pendant macrocyclic ligands. {the compound may be named catena-poly[(chloromercury)-di-μ-chloro-bis[(1,4,7,10-tetraoxa-13,16-di-thiacyclooctadecane-S,S)mercury]-di-μ-chloro-(chloromercury)-di-μ-chloro]}.