[N,N′-Bis(4-chlorobenzyl)ethane-1,2-diamine]dichloridozinc(II)

Abstract

In the title complex, [ZnCl2(C16H18Cl2N2)], the asymmetric unit contains one molecule and two half-molecules, which have similar geometric parameters; in the latter two molecules each Zn atom lies on a twofold rotation axis. The environment about each ZnII atom is distorted tetrahedral with coordination of two terminal Cl atoms and two N atoms of the N,N′-bis(4-chlorobenzyl)ethane-1,2-diamine ligand. Four N—H...Cl hydrogen bonds link the molecules into a chain of R22(8) rings in the [001] direction.