metal-organic compounds
(Croconato-κ2O,O′)bis(1,10-phenanthroline-κ2N,N′)zinc(II)
aSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, TaiShan Medical University, Tai'an 271016, People's Republic of China, and bState Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China
*Correspondence e-mail: binboll@126.com
In the title compound, [Zn(C5O5)(C12H8N2)2], the Zn atom is in a slightly distorted octahedral environment. The molecule lies across a twofold rotation axis, around which two 1,10-phenanthroline ligands are arranged. There are short contacts between the 1,10-phenanthroline groups and the O atoms of the croconate ligand, which probably stabilize the via weak C—H⋯O interactions.
Related literature
For related literature, see: Braga et al. (2002); Carranza et al. (2004); Castro et al. (1992, 2002); Chen et al. (2005, 2007, 2008); Faus et al. (1994); Maji et al. (2003); Seitz & Imming (1992); Sletten et al. (1998); Wang et al. (2002).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Refinement
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Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2005); cell APEX2; data reduction: APEX2; program(s) used to solve structure: SIR97 (Altomare et al., 1999); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: WinGX (Farrugia, 1999).
Supporting information
10.1107/S1600536808033709/sg2254sup1.cif
contains datablocks global, I. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536808033709/sg2254Isup2.hkl
[K2(C5O5)](0.10 g) and Zn(CH3COO)2.2H2O (0.10 g) were dissolved in solvent of water 15 ml. The mixture was heated to 340–350 K under continuous stirring for 20 min. To the resulting yellow solution, an ethanol solution (10 ml) of 1,10-phenanthroline (0.1 mol/L) was added to cause an immediate precipation of yellow microcrystal. After the solutions were left to stand at room temperature for 30 minutes, they were collected by filter suction, washed with water. Then the obtained precipation and 15 ml water was placed in the teflon liner of an autoclave, which was sealed and heated to 433 K for 48 h, cooled at speed of 10 K/min, whereupon yellow block of [Zn(phen)2(C5O5)] were obtained.
All H atoms were geometrically fixed and allowed to ride on their attached atoms, which C—H = 0.93 Å and Uiso(H)= 1.2 Ueq(C).
Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2005); cell
APEX2 (Bruker, 2005); data reduction: APEX2 (Bruker, 2005); program(s) used to solve structure: SIR97 (Altomare et al., 1999); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: WinGX (Farrugia, 1999).Fig. 1. Molecular structure with thermal ellipsoids at 30% probability levels. [symmetry code: -x + 1/2, y, -z + 3/2] | |
Fig. 2. A packing diagram of the title compound. |
[Zn(C5O5)(C12H8N2)2] | F(000) = 1152 |
Mr = 565.83 | Dx = 1.611 Mg m−3 |
Orthorhombic, Pbcn | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Hall symbol: -P 2n 2ab | Cell parameters from 3967 reflections |
a = 12.2605 (4) Å | θ = 2.8–27.5° |
b = 11.0133 (3) Å | µ = 1.11 mm−1 |
c = 17.2745 (5) Å | T = 293 K |
V = 2332.55 (12) Å3 | Prism, yellow |
Z = 4 | 0.28 × 0.23 × 0.15 mm |
Bruker APEXII CCD area-detector diffractometer | 2627 independent reflections |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | 2164 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.019 |
Detector resolution: 10.0 pixels mm-1 | θmax = 27.6°, θmin = 2.4° |
ϕ and ω scans | h = −15→14 |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (APEX2; Bruker, 2005) | k = −14→13 |
Tmin = 0.743, Tmax = 0.782 | l = −21→21 |
9769 measured reflections |
Refinement on F2 | Secondary atom site location: difference Fourier map |
Least-squares matrix: full | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.029 | H-atom parameters constrained |
wR(F2) = 0.096 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0414P)2 + 0.6435P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
S = 1.28 | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
2627 reflections | Δρmax = 0.29 e Å−3 |
179 parameters | Δρmin = −0.32 e Å−3 |
0 restraints | Extinction correction: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), Fc*=kFc[1+0.001xFc2λ3/sin(2θ)]-1/4 |
Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods | Extinction coefficient: 0.0037 (5) |
[Zn(C5O5)(C12H8N2)2] | V = 2332.55 (12) Å3 |
Mr = 565.83 | Z = 4 |
Orthorhombic, Pbcn | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 12.2605 (4) Å | µ = 1.11 mm−1 |
b = 11.0133 (3) Å | T = 293 K |
c = 17.2745 (5) Å | 0.28 × 0.23 × 0.15 mm |
Bruker APEXII CCD area-detector diffractometer | 2627 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (APEX2; Bruker, 2005) | 2164 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.743, Tmax = 0.782 | Rint = 0.019 |
9769 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.029 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.096 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.28 | Δρmax = 0.29 e Å−3 |
2627 reflections | Δρmin = −0.32 e Å−3 |
179 parameters |
Geometry. All e.s.d.'s (except the e.s.d. in the dihedral angle between two l.s. planes) are estimated using the full covariance matrix. The cell e.s.d.'s are taken into account individually in the estimation of e.s.d.'s in distances, angles and torsion angles; correlations between e.s.d.'s in cell parameters are only used when they are defined by crystal symmetry. An approximate (isotropic) treatment of cell e.s.d.'s is used for estimating e.s.d.'s involving l.s. planes. |
Refinement. Refinement of F2 against ALL reflections. The weighted R-factor wR and goodness of fit S are based on F2, conventional R-factors R are based on F, with F set to zero for negative F2. The threshold expression of F2 > σ(F2) is used only for calculating R-factors(gt) etc. and is not relevant to the choice of reflections for refinement. R-factors based on F2 are statistically about twice as large as those based on F, and R- factors based on ALL data will be even larger. |
x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | ||
C1 | 1.14583 (16) | −0.08987 (18) | 0.66696 (12) | 0.0370 (4) | |
H1 | 1.1977 | −0.0725 | 0.7047 | 0.044* | |
C2 | 1.17077 (19) | −0.1768 (2) | 0.61125 (13) | 0.0442 (5) | |
H2 | 1.2374 | −0.2171 | 0.6123 | 0.053* | |
C3 | 1.09642 (18) | −0.20164 (18) | 0.55543 (12) | 0.0411 (5) | |
H3 | 1.1121 | −0.2598 | 0.5180 | 0.049* | |
C4 | 0.99594 (16) | −0.14043 (18) | 0.55356 (12) | 0.0346 (4) | |
C5 | 0.97663 (15) | −0.05585 (16) | 0.61341 (10) | 0.0284 (4) | |
C6 | 0.91524 (18) | −0.15647 (19) | 0.49514 (12) | 0.0406 (5) | |
H6 | 0.9282 | −0.2110 | 0.4551 | 0.049* | |
C7 | 0.82034 (19) | −0.09419 (19) | 0.49667 (13) | 0.0434 (5) | |
H7 | 0.7700 | −0.1051 | 0.4570 | 0.052* | |
C8 | 0.79598 (16) | −0.01181 (19) | 0.55831 (11) | 0.0371 (4) | |
C9 | 0.87469 (15) | 0.00774 (16) | 0.61615 (11) | 0.0305 (4) | |
C10 | 0.69824 (18) | 0.0534 (2) | 0.56380 (14) | 0.0503 (6) | |
H10 | 0.6443 | 0.0438 | 0.5264 | 0.060* | |
C11 | 0.68264 (19) | 0.1309 (2) | 0.62399 (15) | 0.0535 (6) | |
H11 | 0.6177 | 0.1740 | 0.6281 | 0.064* | |
C12 | 0.76426 (18) | 0.1457 (2) | 0.67964 (13) | 0.0460 (5) | |
H12 | 0.7522 | 0.1985 | 0.7208 | 0.055* | |
C13 | 0.96697 (16) | 0.35065 (18) | 0.78378 (11) | 0.0334 (4) | |
C14 | 0.94811 (17) | 0.47521 (18) | 0.80990 (13) | 0.0409 (5) | |
C15 | 1.0000 | 0.5549 (3) | 0.7500 | 0.0419 (7) | |
N1 | 1.05186 (12) | −0.03074 (13) | 0.66885 (9) | 0.0290 (3) | |
N2 | 0.85892 (13) | 0.08653 (15) | 0.67547 (9) | 0.0352 (4) | |
O1 | 0.93325 (12) | 0.25245 (13) | 0.81491 (8) | 0.0415 (3) | |
O2 | 0.89952 (16) | 0.50881 (16) | 0.86832 (11) | 0.0659 (5) | |
O3 | 1.0000 | 0.6664 (2) | 0.7500 | 0.0560 (7) | |
Zn1 | 1.0000 | 0.10546 (3) | 0.7500 | 0.03197 (13) |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
C1 | 0.0350 (10) | 0.0405 (11) | 0.0355 (11) | 0.0036 (8) | −0.0035 (8) | 0.0000 (8) |
C2 | 0.0441 (11) | 0.0421 (11) | 0.0465 (13) | 0.0118 (9) | 0.0055 (10) | −0.0014 (9) |
C3 | 0.0551 (13) | 0.0326 (10) | 0.0356 (11) | 0.0030 (9) | 0.0093 (9) | −0.0061 (9) |
C4 | 0.0457 (11) | 0.0278 (8) | 0.0302 (10) | −0.0086 (8) | 0.0057 (8) | −0.0008 (8) |
C5 | 0.0348 (9) | 0.0270 (9) | 0.0235 (9) | −0.0044 (7) | −0.0003 (7) | 0.0029 (7) |
C6 | 0.0579 (13) | 0.0387 (11) | 0.0253 (10) | −0.0166 (10) | −0.0015 (9) | −0.0029 (8) |
C7 | 0.0504 (12) | 0.0458 (12) | 0.0340 (12) | −0.0204 (10) | −0.0078 (9) | 0.0041 (9) |
C8 | 0.0347 (9) | 0.0427 (11) | 0.0340 (11) | −0.0090 (8) | −0.0040 (8) | 0.0107 (8) |
C9 | 0.0325 (9) | 0.0317 (9) | 0.0275 (10) | −0.0034 (7) | 0.0032 (7) | 0.0062 (7) |
C10 | 0.0369 (11) | 0.0632 (15) | 0.0507 (14) | −0.0041 (10) | −0.0093 (10) | 0.0208 (12) |
C11 | 0.0378 (11) | 0.0656 (15) | 0.0572 (15) | 0.0163 (11) | 0.0031 (10) | 0.0239 (13) |
C12 | 0.0486 (12) | 0.0514 (13) | 0.0380 (12) | 0.0166 (10) | 0.0035 (9) | 0.0067 (10) |
C13 | 0.0377 (9) | 0.0342 (10) | 0.0283 (10) | −0.0010 (8) | 0.0009 (8) | −0.0019 (8) |
C14 | 0.0403 (11) | 0.0357 (10) | 0.0468 (13) | 0.0004 (9) | 0.0011 (9) | −0.0078 (9) |
C15 | 0.0364 (14) | 0.0334 (15) | 0.056 (2) | 0.000 | −0.0102 (13) | 0.000 |
N1 | 0.0323 (8) | 0.0298 (8) | 0.0250 (8) | 0.0014 (6) | 0.0021 (6) | 0.0004 (6) |
N2 | 0.0361 (8) | 0.0388 (9) | 0.0307 (9) | 0.0075 (7) | 0.0039 (7) | 0.0040 (7) |
O1 | 0.0567 (9) | 0.0360 (7) | 0.0320 (8) | −0.0025 (6) | 0.0138 (6) | 0.0001 (6) |
O2 | 0.0795 (12) | 0.0528 (10) | 0.0653 (12) | −0.0019 (9) | 0.0307 (10) | −0.0207 (9) |
O3 | 0.0662 (16) | 0.0286 (11) | 0.0731 (18) | 0.000 | −0.0109 (12) | 0.000 |
Zn1 | 0.0409 (2) | 0.03008 (19) | 0.0249 (2) | 0.000 | 0.00062 (12) | 0.000 |
C1—N1 | 1.324 (2) | C10—H10 | 0.9300 |
C1—C2 | 1.391 (3) | C11—C12 | 1.397 (3) |
C1—H1 | 0.9300 | C11—H11 | 0.9300 |
C2—C3 | 1.355 (3) | C12—N2 | 1.333 (3) |
C2—H2 | 0.9300 | C12—H12 | 0.9300 |
C3—C4 | 1.405 (3) | C13—O1 | 1.277 (2) |
C3—H3 | 0.9300 | C13—C13i | 1.420 (4) |
C4—C5 | 1.412 (3) | C13—C14 | 1.462 (3) |
C4—C6 | 1.424 (3) | C14—O2 | 1.229 (3) |
C5—N1 | 1.358 (2) | C14—C15 | 1.498 (3) |
C5—C9 | 1.433 (3) | C15—O3 | 1.229 (4) |
C6—C7 | 1.351 (3) | C15—C14i | 1.498 (3) |
C6—H6 | 0.9300 | N1—Zn1 | 2.1493 (15) |
C7—C8 | 1.430 (3) | N2—Zn1 | 2.1664 (17) |
C7—H7 | 0.9300 | O1—Zn1 | 2.1325 (14) |
C8—C10 | 1.400 (3) | Zn1—O1i | 2.1325 (14) |
C8—C9 | 1.406 (3) | Zn1—N1i | 2.1493 (15) |
C9—N2 | 1.357 (2) | Zn1—N2i | 2.1664 (17) |
C10—C11 | 1.359 (4) | ||
N1—C1—C2 | 123.14 (19) | N2—C12—H12 | 119.0 |
N1—C1—H1 | 118.4 | C11—C12—H12 | 119.0 |
C2—C1—H1 | 118.4 | O1—C13—C13i | 122.05 (11) |
C3—C2—C1 | 118.91 (19) | O1—C13—C14 | 127.84 (18) |
C3—C2—H2 | 120.5 | C13i—C13—C14 | 110.10 (12) |
C1—C2—H2 | 120.5 | O2—C14—C13 | 127.8 (2) |
C2—C3—C4 | 120.63 (19) | O2—C14—C15 | 126.6 (2) |
C2—C3—H3 | 119.7 | C13—C14—C15 | 105.61 (19) |
C4—C3—H3 | 119.7 | O3—C15—C14i | 125.84 (13) |
C3—C4—C5 | 116.54 (18) | O3—C15—C14 | 125.84 (13) |
C3—C4—C6 | 124.48 (19) | C14i—C15—C14 | 108.3 (3) |
C5—C4—C6 | 118.96 (18) | C1—N1—C5 | 118.26 (17) |
N1—C5—C4 | 122.48 (17) | C1—N1—Zn1 | 128.09 (13) |
N1—C5—C9 | 118.00 (17) | C5—N1—Zn1 | 113.65 (12) |
C4—C5—C9 | 119.52 (17) | C12—N2—C9 | 118.54 (18) |
C7—C6—C4 | 121.43 (19) | C12—N2—Zn1 | 128.01 (15) |
C7—C6—H6 | 119.3 | C9—N2—Zn1 | 113.37 (12) |
C4—C6—H6 | 119.3 | C13—O1—Zn1 | 107.30 (12) |
C6—C7—C8 | 121.09 (19) | O1—Zn1—O1i | 81.23 (7) |
C6—C7—H7 | 119.5 | O1—Zn1—N1 | 170.49 (6) |
C8—C7—H7 | 119.5 | O1i—Zn1—N1 | 94.20 (5) |
C10—C8—C9 | 117.4 (2) | O1—Zn1—N1i | 94.20 (5) |
C10—C8—C7 | 123.7 (2) | O1i—Zn1—N1i | 170.49 (6) |
C9—C8—C7 | 118.88 (19) | N1—Zn1—N1i | 91.48 (8) |
N2—C9—C8 | 122.48 (18) | O1—Zn1—N2 | 94.54 (6) |
N2—C9—C5 | 117.50 (17) | O1i—Zn1—N2 | 93.84 (6) |
C8—C9—C5 | 120.02 (18) | N1—Zn1—N2 | 77.37 (6) |
C11—C10—C8 | 119.6 (2) | N1i—Zn1—N2 | 94.83 (6) |
C11—C10—H10 | 120.2 | O1—Zn1—N2i | 93.84 (6) |
C8—C10—H10 | 120.2 | O1i—Zn1—N2i | 94.54 (6) |
C10—C11—C12 | 119.9 (2) | N1—Zn1—N2i | 94.83 (6) |
C10—C11—H11 | 120.0 | N1i—Zn1—N2i | 77.37 (6) |
C12—C11—H11 | 120.0 | N2—Zn1—N2i | 168.95 (9) |
N2—C12—C11 | 121.9 (2) |
Symmetry code: (i) −x+2, y, −z+3/2. |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
C6—H6···O1ii | 0.93 | 2.47 | 3.295 (2) | 149 |
C11—H11···O3iii | 0.93 | 2.55 | 3.147 (2) | 122 |
Symmetry codes: (ii) x, −y, z−1/2; (iii) x−1/2, y−1/2, −z+3/2. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | [Zn(C5O5)(C12H8N2)2] |
Mr | 565.83 |
Crystal system, space group | Orthorhombic, Pbcn |
Temperature (K) | 293 |
a, b, c (Å) | 12.2605 (4), 11.0133 (3), 17.2745 (5) |
V (Å3) | 2332.55 (12) |
Z | 4 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 1.11 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.28 × 0.23 × 0.15 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Bruker APEXII CCD area-detector diffractometer |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (APEX2; Bruker, 2005) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.743, 0.782 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 9769, 2627, 2164 |
Rint | 0.019 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.651 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.029, 0.096, 1.28 |
No. of reflections | 2627 |
No. of parameters | 179 |
H-atom treatment | H-atom parameters constrained |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.29, −0.32 |
Computer programs: APEX2 (Bruker, 2005), SIR97 (Altomare et al., 1999), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008), WinGX (Farrugia, 1999).
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
C6—H6···O1i | 0.93 | 2.47 | 3.295 (2) | 149 |
C11—H11···O3ii | 0.93 | 2.55 | 3.147 (2) | 122 |
Symmetry codes: (i) x, −y, z−1/2; (ii) x−1/2, y−1/2, −z+3/2. |
Acknowledgements
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant No. 50673054).
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The dianion of croconic acid(4,5-dihydroxycyclopent-4-ene-1,2,3-trione), (C5O5)2-, is one of the cyclic aromatic oxocarbons (CO)n2- characterized by extensive delocalization of the π electrons all over the ring (Seitz & Imming, 1992). Previous reports reveal that croconate is a polydent ligand(Chen et al., 2005, Maji et al., 2003, Wang et al., 2002, Sletten et al., 1998). According to the concept of 'molecular self-organization' and 'molecular engineering', transition metal croconates associated with another ligand such as terpyridine (Castro et al. 2002), bis((bis(2-pyridylcarbonyl) amido (Maji et al., 2003), 2,2'-bipyridine (Castro et al., 1992) or the tetrakis(2-pyridyl)pyrazine (Carranza et al. 2004) show interesting properties in magnetism, biochemistry, catalyst et al.
1,10-Phenanthroline(phen) is a well known neutral bidentate ligand. There have been considerable interests in the synthesis of open-framework phen-based metal complexes because of their interesting structure chemistry and potential applications(Faus et al. 1994). Recently, many research activities have focused on the synthesis of hybrid framework by incorporate organic ligand in the structure of phen-based complexes. Among the family of cyclic oxocarbons of the formula (CO)n2- [n=2–6 for oxalate, deltate, squarate, croconate and rhodizonate anions, respectively], the croconate moiety, (C5O5)2-, was found to be a good candidate and has been successfully incorporated into phen-based frameworks in our previous work, [M(phen)2(C5O5)] (M= Cu, Ni, Co, Mn) (Chen et al., 2005, 2007, 2008). Here, we report a new member of this family: [Zn(phen)2(C5O5)].
In the title structure, asymmetry unit contains a phen moiety and half a coroconte group coordinated with a zinc ion. The title compound lies across twofold rotation axes which passes through the Zn atom and bisects the croconate ligand, around which two phen ligand are arranged in a chiral propeller manner. A unit cell contains four [Zn(phen)2(C5O5)] molecules.
As a good π-conjugation system, the croconate dianion('free' ligand) in its simple salt has a plannar D5 h conformation with five almost identical C?O bonds and five almost identical C?C bonds, such as in Rb2C5O5 and Cs2C5O5 crystals (Braga et al., 2002). However, the coordinated ligand in title complex obvioulsy deviates from D5 h symmetry. The C?O bond involving coordinated O atoms is longer than that involving the uncoordinated O atoms. In the title complex, the C?O bond lengths are 1.229 (3) Å and 1.228 (4) Å for the uncoordinated O atoms and 1.277 (2) Å for the coordinated O atoms.
The molecuar conformation of [Zn(phen)2(C5O5)] is close to [Co(phen)2(C5O5)] and [Ni(phen)2(C5O5)] while different from [Cu(phen)2(C5O5)] and [Mn(phen)2(C5O5)]. The dihedral angle between the two phen planes for the title compound is 85.3 (1)° and the croconate and phen planes are also effectively perpendicular, with a dihedral angle of 87.7 (1)°. Compared with our previous reported result(Chen et al. 2005, 2007, 2008), the crystal growth method not only influence crystal packing motif, but also have effect on the moleular configuration. The crystal of [Zn(phen)2(C5O5)], [Co(phen)2(C5O5)] and [Ni(phen)2(C5O5)] are grown by hydrothermal method while the cyrstal of [Cu(phen)2(C5O5)] and [Mn(phen)2(C5O5)] are obtained by solvent evaporation under room temperature. Correspondingly, the crystal packing motif for crystal of Ni, Co, and Zn complexes are Pbcn, while it is C2/c for Cu and Mn complexes. As for the molecular configuration, the dihendral angles between the two phen planes for the complexes of Zn, Co, Ni are 87.7 (1)°, 85.7 (1)°, 86.0 (1)° which are almost perpendicular to each other, but they are 46.5 (1)° and 40.7 (1)° for Cu and Mn complexes.
According to the Jahn-teller effect theotry (if a d-orbital of a transiton metal ion is empty or full-filled and the other equivalent orbital is half full-filled, the coordinate enviorment of the transition metal ion will be distorted to form a more stable configuration), Cu2+ and Mn2+ have a strong tendency to Jahn-teller distortion while Zn2+ and Ni2+ are not. So, the local polyhedral MN4O2(M=Zn, Co, Ni) in their complexes are close to the octahedral while MN4O2(M=Mn, Cui) in their complexes are severely distorted from the octahedral. In the tiltle comound, the values of the angles subtended by the bidentate at zinc atom [77.37 (6)°] deviate significantly from the ideal vaue of 90° due to the small bite size of the five-memberbered plannar chelate rings.
As shown in Fig.2, the dipole moments of [Zn(phen)2(C5O5)] are arranged alternatively along +b and-b directions. There are short contacts between the phen groups and the O atoms of the croconate [e.g. C(6)—H(6)···O(1) (x, -y, -1/2 + z) and C(11)—H(11)···O(3)(-1/2 + x, -1/2 + y, 3/2 - z), which probably stablize the crystal structure.