Acta Cryst. (2009). E65, m576  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536809014755 ]

Tris(2-ethyl-1H-imidazole-N³)(terephthalato-O)zinc(II)

Q.-A. Xie, G.-Y. Dong, Y.-M. Yu and Y.-G. Wang

Abstract: The title compound, [Zn(C₈H₄O₄)(C₅H₈N₂)₃], has a neutral monomeric structure in which one terephthalate dianion and three 2-ethyl-1H-imidazole ligands coordinate to the Zn^II ion in a distorted tetrahedral geometry. The methyl group of one of the ethyl groups is disordered over two positions with occupancies of 0.66 (2) and 0.34 (2). In the crystal structure, molecules are linked into a three-dimensional hydrogen-bonded network by intermolecular N-HO interactions involving the uncoordinated carboxylate O atoms.

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