Dichlorido(2,9-dimethoxy-1,10-phenanthroline-κ2N,N′)zinc(II)

Abstract

In the crystal structure of the title compound, [ZnCl2(C14H12N2O2)], the ZnII center is four-coordinated by two N atoms from one 2,9-dimethoxy-1,10-phenanthroline ligand and two Cl atoms. The coordination geometry is distorted tetrahedral, as the Zn—N bond distances are shorter than the Zn—Cl distances, and the Cl—Zn—N and Cl—Zn—Cl bond angles are much larger than the N—Zn—N angle. For the ligand, the O and C atoms of the methoxy groups are almost in the plane defined by the phenanthroline ring. The two O atoms deviate from the phenanthroline mean plane by 0.076 (2) and 0.084 (2) Å, and the two methyl C atoms deviate from the phenanthroline mean plane by 0.035 (3) and 0.361 (3) Å. There are medium π–π stacking interactions between two parallel phenanthroline rings with a centroid–centroid distance of 3.7860 (2) Å and a dihedral angle between the plane defined by the two parallel phenanthroline rings of 1.13 (5)°.