Di-chlorido-(4,4'-dimethyl-2,2'-bi-pyridine-κ2 N, N')zinc(II) aceto-nitrile monosolvate

Rafael A Adrian; Jadan J Rios; Hadi D Arman

doi:10.1107/S241431462201149X

Di-chlorido-(4,4'-dimethyl-2,2'-bi-pyridine-κ² N, N')zinc(II) aceto-nitrile monosolvate

IUCrdata. 2022 Dec 6;7(Pt 12):x221149. doi: 10.1107/S241431462201149X. eCollection 2022 Dec.

Authors

Rafael A Adrian¹, Jadan J Rios¹, Hadi D Arman²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas 78209, USA.
² Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78249, USA.

Abstract

In the title complex, [ZnCl₂(C₁₂H₁₂N₂)]·CH₃CN, the zinc(II) atom is fourfold coordinated by two chloride ligands and a bidentate 4,4'-dimethyl-2,2'-bi-pyridine ligand in a distorted tetra-hedral shape with a mol-ecule of aceto-nitrile sitting in the outer coordination sphere of the complex. π-π stacking inter-actions between the pyridyl rings in adjacent mol-ecules contribute to the alignment of the complexes in columns parallel to the a axis.

Keywords: 2,2′-bi-4-picoline; 4,4′-dimethyl-2,2′-bipyridine; coordinating chloride; crystal structure; dmb; tetrahedral coordination sphere; zinc.

Grants and funding

Funding for this research was provided by: National Science Foundation (award No. 1920059); Welch Foundation (award No. BN0032).