A. Bond et W. Jones, A host-guest complex of diaquabis-[1-hydroxy-2(1H)-pyridinethionato-O,S]magnesium(II) and 2,2 '-dithio-bis(pyridine N-oxide), ACT CRYST C, 56, 2000, pp. 436-437
The title compound, [Mg(C5H4NOS)(2)(H2O)(2)]. C10H8N2O2S2, is a two-compone
nt host-guest material. The 2,2'-dithiobis(pyridine N-oxide) molecule has c
rystallographic twofold symmetry. The metal complex lies on an inversion ce
ntre and associates via C-H ... S interactions into chains which thread the
2,2'-dithiobis(pyridine N-oxide) lattice in perpendicular directions. Hydr
ogen bonds exist between the water molecules of the diaquamagnesium units a
nd the N-O groups of the host lattice.