Acta Cryst. (2009). E65, m1325  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536809040136 ]

Dimethyl(2,2':6',2''-terpyridine-³N,N',N'')zinc(II)

T. Shalumova and J. M. Tanski

Abstract: The title compound, [Zn(CH₃)₂(C₁₅H₁₁N₃)], was synthesized by the addition of dimethylzinc to 2,2':6',2''-terpyridine and was crystallized by the slow evaporation of THF. The pentacoordinate Zn^II atom, lying on a twofold rotation axis, displays a distorted trigonal-bipyramidal geometry, with two terminal N atoms at the axial positions and the central N atom and two methyl C atoms at the equatorial positions.

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