catena-Poly[[chlorido(methyl phenyl sulfide-κS)mercury(II)]-μ-chlorido]

The title compound, [HgCl2(C7H8S)]n, was isolated from the reaction of MeSPh with HgCl2. The HgII atom has a distorted tetra­hedral geometry and is coordinated by one S atom and three Cl atoms. Two of the Cl atoms act as bridging ligands between the Hg atoms, forming a two-dimensional polymeric structure