“…[13][14][15][16][17] At the same time, the coordination chemistry of compounds under discussion is not well-developed, and only a limited number of structurally characterized transition metal complexes, including those of Ag, Cd, Co, Cu, Pd, Ru and trimeric peruoro-ortho-phenylenemercury (anti-crown compound), are known. [14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24] Recently, we reported the preparation and single-crystal Xray diffraction (XRD) characterization of Ir complexes with the parent 2,1,3-benzothiadiazole, its 4-amino-(1) and 4-hydroxyderivatives, and related acenaphtho [1,2-c] [1,2,5]thiadiazole as ligands. 25 In continuation of our research, in this paper, we report two novel applications of functionalized 2,1,3-benzothiadiazoles in coordination chemistry and crystal engineering, which covers the synthesis and characterization of a novel 2 : 1 complex between compound 1 and ZnCl 2 (complex 2; previously, Zn complexes with any 2,1,3-benzothiadiazoles were unknown), and unprecedented 1 : 1 co-crystals 26 of compound 1 and its synthetic precursor, 4-nitro-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole (3) (complex 4).…”