Acta Cryst. (2008). E64, m738-m739  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536808011215 ]

(Acetone-O){6,6'-di-tert-butyl-2,2'-[1,2-phenylenebis(nitrilomethylidyne)]diphenolato-⁴O,N,N',O'}zinc(II)

N. E. Eltayeb, S. G. Teoh, S. Chantrapromma, H.-K. Fun and R. Adnan

Abstract: The molecule of the title compound, [Zn(C₂₈H₃₀N₂O₂)(CH₃COCH₃)], lies across a mirror plane with the Zn^II ion and the acetone molecule on the mirror plane. The Zn^II ion is in a five-coordinate distorted square-pyramidal N₂O₃ environment, with the two imine N and two phenolic O atoms of the tetradentate Schiff base dianion in the basal plane and the acetone molecule in the apical position. The central benzene ring makes a dihedral angle of 16.5 (2)° with the two outer phenolate rings. In the crystal structure, the molecules are arranged into antiparallel columns along the a axis.

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