Acta Cryst. (2001). E57, m435-m437  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536801014775 ]

Dichlorobis(sarcosinato)zinc(II)

M. Subha Nandhini, R. V. Krishnakumar and S. Natarajan

Abstract: In the title compound, [ZnCl₂(CH₃NH₂⁺CH₂COO^-)₂], the sarcosine ligand coordinates to the metal in the zwitterionic form. The Zn atom has a distorted tetrahedral coordination with two Cl atoms and two O atoms, one each from the two crystallographically independent sarcosine molecules in the asymmetric unit. Head-to-tail hydrogen bonds between the amino acid molecules, in addition to N-HCl, C-HO and C-HCl hydrogen bonds, stabilize the packing of the molecules.

Online 20 September 2001

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