trans-Bis(4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline-κN,N')bis-(nitrato-κO,O')zinc(II)

José A Fernandes; Filipe A Almeida Paz; Feng-Yi Liu; Luís Cunha-Silva; Luís D Carlos; João Rocha

doi:10.1107/S1600536810047161

trans-Bis(4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline-κN,N')bis-(nitrato-κO,O')zinc(II)

Acta Crystallogr Sect E Struct Rep Online. 2010 Nov 20;66(Pt 12):m1608-9. doi: 10.1107/S1600536810047161.

Authors

José A Fernandes, Filipe A Almeida Paz, Feng-Yi Liu, Luís Cunha-Silva, Luís D Carlos, João Rocha

Abstract

The title compound, [Zn(NO(3))(2)(C(24)H(16)N(2))(2)], is a twofold axially symmetric coordination compound. Given that the Zn-O interactions [2.4926 (15) and 2.6673 (15) Å] can be considered as weakly bonding and the nitrate ions share the same C(2) axis of the Zn(dpp)(2) fragment (dpp is 4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline), these anions belong to the coordination sphere of Zn(2+), leading to a complex with an overall coordination number of 8 for the metal ion.