Dichlorido(5,5′-dimethyl-2,2′-bipyridine-κ² N,N′)zinc(II)

چکیده مقاله

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, [ZnCl2(C12H12N2)], contains two independent mol-ecules. The Zn^II atoms are four-coordinated in distorted tetra-hedral configurations by two N atoms from 5,5′-dimethyl-2, 2′-bipyridine and two terminal Cl atoms. In the crystal structure, inter-molecular C - H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds link the mol-ecules. There are C - H⋯π contacts between the methyl groups and the pyridine and five-membered rings containing Zn^II atoms; π-π contacts also exist between the pyridine rings [centroid-centroid distances = 3.665 (5) and 3.674 (5) Å].