A novel supermolecule [HgBr
2(ptz)]
2·HgBr
2 (ptz=phenothiazine) with uncoordinated inorganic salt HgBr
2 presented in a 1D chain was prepared. The bulky ligand phenothiazine has unusual coordination mode with large steric inhibition perpendicular to the chain direction. The uncoordinated HgBr
2 molecule was stabilized by multiple weak Hg
Br interactions and the whole structure was also stabilized by strong
π–π interactions and N–H
Br hydrogen bonds to form 2D network.