Hexa-μ-acetato-1:2κ4O,O′;1:2κ2O:O;2:3κ4O,O′;2:3κ2O:O-bis(4,4′-dimethyl-2,2′-bipyridine)-1κ2N,N′;3κ2N,N′-2-calcium-1,3-dizinc

Abstract

In the centrosymmetric trinuclear ZnII...CaII...ZnII title complex, [CaZn2(CH3COO)6(C12H12N2)2], the CaII ion lies on an inversion centre and is octahedrally coordinated by six acetate O atoms. The ZnII ion is coordinated by two N atoms from a bidentate dimethylbipyridine ligand and three O atoms from acetate ligands bridging to the CaII ion, leading to a distorted square-pyramidal coordination sphere. The Zn...Ca distance is 3.4668 (5) Å.