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September 2009  

Received 4 August 2009
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Key indicators
Single-crystal X-ray study
T = 200 K
Mean [sigma](C-C) = 0.004 Å
R = 0.058
wR = 0.164
Data-to-parameter ratio = 19.8
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Bis(2-butyliminomethyl-5-methoxyphenolato-[kappa]2N,O1)zinc(II)

Jun Yang,a Jin Li,a Xian Zhanga and Qiang Wanga*

aEngineering Research Center for Clean Production of Textile Dyeing and Printing, Ministry of Education, Wuhan 430073, People's Republic of China
Correspondence e-mail: qiangqiang_wang@163.com

In the centrosymmetric title compound, [Zn(C12H16NO2)2], the ZnII centre is coordinated by two O,N-bidentate Schiff base ligands, resulting in a slightly distorted trans-ZnN2O2 square-planar geometry for the metal ion. Two short intramolecular C-H...O contacts occur in the molecule.

Related literature

For related structures, see: Zhu et al. (2003[Zhu, H.-L., Meng, F.-J., Wang, Z.-D. & Yang, F. (2003). Z. Kristallogr. New Cryst. Struct. 218, 321-322.]); You et al. (2003[You, Z.-L., Lin, Y.-S., Liu, W.-S., Tan, M.-Y. & Zhu, H.-L. (2003). Acta Cryst. E59, m1025-m1027.]).

[Scheme 1]

Experimental

Crystal data

  • [Zn(C12H16NO2)2]

  • Mr = 477.89

  • Monoclinic, P 21 /c

  • a = 13.250 (4) Å

  • b = 4.8845 (15) Å

  • c = 17.858 (5) Å

  • [beta] = 93.555 (5)°

  • V = 1153.6 (6) Å3

  • Z = 2

  • Mo K[alpha] radiation

  • [mu] = 1.10 mm-1

  • T = 200 K

  • 0.30 × 0.30 × 0.20 mm
Data collection

  • Bruker APEX CCD diffractometer

  • Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2000[Bruker (2000). SMART, SAINT and SADABS. Bruker Analytical X-ray Instruments Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA.]) Tmin = 0.734, Tmax = 0.811

  • 13300 measured reflections

  • 2856 independent reflections

  • 2438 reflections with I > 2[sigma](I)

  • Rint = 0.155
Refinement

  • R[F2 > 2[sigma](F2)] = 0.058

  • wR(F2) = 0.164

  • S = 1.10

  • 2856 reflections

  • 144 parameters

  • H-atom parameters constrained

  • [Delta][rho]max = 1.13 e Å-3

  • [Delta][rho]min = -0.67 e Å-3

Table 1
Selected bond lengths (Å)

Zn1-O1 1.8769 (17)
Zn1-N1i 2.004 (2)
Symmetry code: (i) -x+1, -y, -z.

Table 2
Hydrogen-bond geometry (Å, °)

D-H...A D-H H...A D...A D-H...A
C8-H8B...O1i 0.99 2.34 2.763 (3) 105
C9-H9A...O1i 0.99 2.55 3.087 (3) 114
Symmetry code: (i) -x+1, -y, -z.

Data collection: SMART (Bruker, 2000[Bruker (2000). SMART, SAINT and SADABS. Bruker Analytical X-ray Instruments Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA.]); cell refinement: SAINT (Bruker, 2000[Bruker (2000). SMART, SAINT and SADABS. Bruker Analytical X-ray Instruments Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA.]); data reduction: SAINT; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008[Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.]); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008[Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.]); molecular graphics: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008[Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.]); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL.

Supplementary data and figures for this paper are available from the IUCr electronic archives (Reference: HB5031 ).

References

Bruker (2000). SMART, SAINT and SADABS. Bruker Analytical X-ray Instruments Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.  [CrossRef] [details]
You, Z.-L., Lin, Y.-S., Liu, W.-S., Tan, M.-Y. & Zhu, H.-L. (2003). Acta Cryst. E59, m1025-m1027.  [CrossRef] [details]
Zhu, H.-L., Meng, F.-J., Wang, Z.-D. & Yang, F. (2003). Z. Kristallogr. New Cryst. Struct. 218, 321-322.  [ChemPort]

Acta Cryst (2009). E65, m1062  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536809031109 ]

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