Synthesis, structure and non-linear optical properties of manganese mercury tetrathiocyanate

The title copound Manganese Mercury Tetrathiocyanate (MnHg (SCN)(4)) has been synthesized and its structure has been determined. It belongs to tetragonal system, I (4) over bar space group. The cell dimensions are: a = 1.1324 (3) nm, c = 0.4270 (2) nm, V = 0.5475 (3) nm(3), Z = 2, D-c = 2.959 g/cm(3), R = 0.028, R-w = 0.037. The structure feature of the crystal is the Hg-S-C=N-Mn bridge which leads to the formation of an infinite three dimensional network. Irradiated by a 1064 nm Nd:YAG laser beam, MnHg (SCN), shows a 532 nm second harmonic intensity which is 18 times as that of organic nonlinear optical crystal urea, and therefore shows a quite promising application value as a useful nonliear optical material.