Simultaneous coordination of dimethyl crotonthioamide by 1,8-naphthalenediylbis(mercuric trifluoroacetate)

Simultaneous coordination of thioamide by mercuric bidentate Lewis acids were investigated. In stoichiometric amounts of 1,8-naphthalenediylbis(mercuric trifluoroacetate) and dimethyl crotonthioamide simultaneous coordination of the two mercury sites to a single thioamide occurs. This complex is stable to small amounts of water.