1,3-Bis(2-ethoxy-phen-yl)triazene.

The title compound, C(16)H(19)N(3)O(2), exhibits a trans geometry about the N=N double bond in the triazene unit in the solid state, and individual mol-ecules are close to planar with r.m.s.

[1,3-Bis(2-ethoxy-phen-yl)triazenido]chloridomercury(II).

In the title compound, [Hg(C(16)H(18)N(3)O(2))Cl], the Hg(II) atom is four-coordinated in a tetra-hedral geometry by two N atoms from the 1,3-chelating and one O atom of a 1,3-bis-(2-ethoxy-phen-yl)triazenido ligand and one terminal chloride ion. The dihedral angle between the aromatic rings is 1.72 (14)°.