Bis(2-ethyl-1H-imidazol-3-ium) tetra-chloridomercurate(II).

The crystal structure of the title compound, (C(5)H(9)N(2))(2)[HgCl(4)], consists of discrete tetra-chloridomercurate dications and discrete 2-methyl-imidazolium cations. In the complex anion, the mercury cations are coordinated by four chloride anions with distances between 2.4568†(14) and 2.4936†(15)†à in a tetra-hedral geometry. In the crystal, the cations and anions are connected by inter-molecular N-H⋯Cl inter-actions. One C atom of the cations is disordered and was refined using a split model (occupancy ratio 0.75:0.25).