{[mu-Bis(salicylidene)-1,3-propanediaminato]-copper(II)}dibromomercury(II)

In the title complex, dibromo-2 kappa(2)Br-mu-{2,2'-[1,3-propanediylbis (ni trilomethylidyne)] diphenolato}-1 kappa(4)N,- N',O,O':2 kappa(2)O,O'-copper (II)mercury(II), [CU(C17H16- N2O2){HgBr2], the Cu-II and Hg-II atoms are do ubly bridged by the two O atoms of the N,N'-bis(salicylidene)-1,3-propanedi aminate (SALPD(2-)) ligand, and the two N atoms of this ligand complete the distorted square-planar coordination around the Cu-II atom. The coordinati on around the Hg-II atom is distorted tetrahedral, involving two bridging O atoms and two Br atoms. The bond angles in the HgCuO2 bridging plane are i n the range 1.4 (1)-108.0(2)degrees. The Cu ... Hg distance is 3.523 (3) An gstrom.