Bis{μ-2-[(2-oxidobenzyl-idene)amino-meth-yl]phenolato-κO,N,O'}bis-[(pyridine-κN)zinc(II)]

Acta Crystallogr Sect E Struct Rep Online. 2008 Jan 16;64(Pt 2):m362. doi: 10.1107/S1600536808000962.

Abstract

In the title centrosymmetric zinc(II) complex, [Zn(2)(C(4)H(13)NO(2))(2)(C(6)H(5)N)(2)], each Zn(II) atom is coordinated by two 2-[(2-oxidobenzyl-idene)amino-meth-yl]phenolate (L) ligands and one pyridine (py) mol-ecule in a distorted trigonal-bipyramidal geometry. Each L ligand behaves as a tridentate ligand and provides a phenolate oxygen bridge which links the two Zn(II) atoms. The ZnL(py) units are linked by π-π inter-actions between adjacent pyridine mol-ecules, with a centroid-centroid distance of 3.724 Å, resulting in a two-dimensional structure.