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.

Crystal structure of dichlorido bis[1-((2,4-dimethyl-1H-imidazol-1-yl)methyl)-1H-benzo[d][1,2,3]triazole-κN]cadmium(II), Cd(C12H13N5)2Cl2

“…Thus π-π interactions are not to be ruled out. Bond lengths and angles are in accord with related structures [11].…”