title: Methyl 2,3-dideoxy-2-S-methylmercurio-2-thio-beta-D-manno-oct-2-ulopyranosonate-(2,6).
abstract: The hexopyranosyl ring of the title compound, [Hg(CH(3))(C(9)H(15)O(7)S)], adopts the (4)C(1) chair conformation, and the anomeric configuration of the thiomethylmercury linkage is beta. The compound exists as two symmetry-independent conformers, A and B, within the unit cell, and each shows an almost linear S-Hg-C arrangement. Most of the bond distances and angles in A and B are similar, although a marked difference exists in the side-chain conformation. Weak secondary intramolecular (between Hg and ring O) and intermolecular (between A and B conformers) interactions are documented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Institute of Catalysis Science and Technology, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel.
authors.forename: Valery
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Belakhov
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Botoshansky
authors.forename: Timor
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Baasov