Dichloridobis{1-[(2-methylbenzimidazol-1-yl-κN3)methyl]benzotriazole}zinc

Abstract

The title mononuclear ZnII complex, [ZnCl2(C15H13N5)2], is isotypic with the previously reported HgII complex. The ZnII atom is located on a twofold rotation axis and has a distorted tetrahedral environment of two Cl atoms and two N atoms from two heterocyclic ligands. In the crystal, complex molecules are extended by intermolecular π–π interactions [centroid–centroid distance = 3.792 (2) Å] into a three-dimensional supramolecular network.