catena-Poly[[bis-(nitrato-κO,O')zinc(II)]-μ-4,4'-bis-(pyrazol-1-ylmeth-yl)biphenyl-κN:N]

Acta Crystallogr Sect E Struct Rep Online. 2010 May 22;66(Pt 6):m700. doi: 10.1107/S1600536810018738.

Abstract

In the title compound, [Zn(NO(3))(2)(C(20)H(18)N(4))](n), the Zn(II) atom lies on a crystallographic twofold axis and the coordination geometry can be considered as a slightly distorted tetra-hedron defined by two O atoms from two nitrate groups and two N atoms from two ligand mol-ecules. A distorted octa-hedron may be assumed when two of the symmetry-related nitrate O atoms, with Zn-O distances of 2.528 (2) Å, are added to the coordination environment. Another twofold axis, passing through the middle of the biphenyl bonds, is observed in the crystal structure. A chain along [101] is built up by the ligands linking the Zn(II) ions.