Acta Crystallographica Section E: Crystallographic Communications (Mar 2015)

Crystal structure of 2,2′-bipyridine-1,1′-diium tetrachloridozincate

  • Jeyaraman Govindaraj,
  • Subramani Thirumurugan,
  • Antoni Samy Clara,
  • Krishnamoorthy Anbalagan,
  • Arunachalathevar SubbiahPandi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1107/S2056989015003175
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 71, no. 3
pp. m67 – m68

Abstract

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In the crystal structure of the title salt, (C10H10N2)[ZnCl4], the bipyridinediium dication is not planar, with a dihedral angle of 37.21 (9)° between the planes of the two pyridine rings. In the crystal, the slightly distorted [ZnCl4]2− anions are packed into rods parallel to [001], with the organic cations arranged in corrugated layers parallel to (100). Cations and anions are linked through N—H...Cl hydrogen bonds, forming chains parallel to [20-1]. Additional C—H...Cl interactions consolidate the crystal packing.

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