Acta Cryst. (2004). E60, m1273-m1275  [ doi:10.1107/S160053680401952X ]

catena-Poly[[dichlorozinc(II)]--N,N'-bis(4-pyridylmethyl)piperazine]

X.-J. Li, R. Cao, X. Li, W.-H. Bi and Y.-Q. Wang

Abstract: The title compound, [ZnCl₂(C₁₆H₂₀N₄)]_n, was prepared from the reaction of N,N'-bis(4-pyridylmethyl)piperazine (bpmp) and ZnCl₂. The asymmetric unit contains one Cl atom, half a Zn^II ion and half a bmpb moiety. The Zn^II ion, which lies on a twofold axis, has a distorted tetrahedral coordination geometry, with the central piperazine group in bpmp bridging ZnCl₂ units to form a one-dimensional polymeric chain. The piperazine connector in bpmp adopts a stable chair conformation.

Online 13 August 2004

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