Synthesis and Characterization of HgII/Se/CuI Multinuclear Compounds from Mercury(II) Bis(p-aminobenzeneselenolate) - Hg(SeC6H4NH2-p)2

In this paper we explore an amino functionalized selenolate unit for the synthesis of new multinuclear compounds with promising interesting properties and potential precursors of semiconductors. We present for the first time the X-ray crystallographic structure of [Hg(SeC6H4NH2)(2)](2)center dot diox (1 center dot diox) and its copper(I) derivatives: HgCu2X2(SeC6H4NH2)(2)(PPh3)(4)center dot 4diox [X = Br (2 center dot 4diox) and I (3 center dot 4diox)]. The compounds 1 and 2, 3 can be considered as the starting material and intermediates, respectively, for the synthesis of ternary Hg-II/Se/Cu-I nanoclusters. We also provide IR and NMR spectroscopic data and evaluate the optical features of these compounds by difuse reflectance UV/Vis spectroscopy.