(4,7-Diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline-κN,N')diiodidomercury(II).

In the mol-ecule of the title compound, [HgI(2)(C(24)H(16)N(2))], the Hg(II) atom is four-coordinated in a distorted tetra-hedral configuration by two N atoms from the bidentate 4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline and two iodide ligands. There is a π-π contact between the pyridine and phenyl rings [centroid-to-centroid distance = 4.2387 (4) Å].