catena-Poly[di-μ₃-bromido-hexa-μ₂-bromido-dibromidobis(O-methyl pyridine-2-carboximidate-κ²N,N′)penta­mercury(II)]

The title compound, [Hg₅Br₁₀(C₇H₈N₂O)₂]_n, contains two μ₃-bridging Br atoms, six μ₂-bridging Br atoms and two terminal Br atoms. One Hg^II atom, lying on an inversion center, adopts a distorted octa­hedral geometry defined by six Br atoms. Two Hg^II atoms adopt a distorted square-pyramidal geometry by five Br atoms and the other two Hg^II atoms have a distorted tetra­hedral geometry by two N atoms from a chelating O-methyl pyridine-2-carboximidate ligand and two Br atoms. The Br atoms link the Hg^II atoms into a ribbon structure along [100].