Bis{μ-1,3-bis­[(benzimidazol-1-yl)meth­yl]benzene-κ2N3:N3′}bis­[dichloridozinc(II)] dimethyl­formamide disolvate

Zhao, L.-Z.; Li, P.; Cao, B.-L.; Ng, S.W.

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Bis{μ-1,3-bis[(benzimidazol-1-yl)methyl]benzene-κ²N³:N^3′}bis[dichloridozinc(II)] dimethylformamide disolvate

Li-Zhen Zhao,^a Ping Li,^a Bao-Liang Cao ^a and Seik Weng Ng ^b ^*

^aDepartment of Chemistry, Jining Normal College, Wulanchabu, Inner Mongolia 012000, People's Republic of China, and ^bDepartment of Chemistry, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
^*Correspondence e-mail: seikweng@um.edu.my

(Received 27 April 2009; accepted 28 April 2009; online 7 May 2009)

In the title compound, [Zn₂Cl₄(C₂₂H₁₈N₄)₂]·2C₃H₇NO, the 1,3-bis[(benzimidazol-1-yl)methyl]benzene ligand bridges two ZnCl₂ units, forming a centrosymmetric dinuclear molecule. The Zn^II atom shows a distorted tetrahedral coordination within a Cl₂N₂ donor set.

Related literature

For the crystal structure of 1,3-bis((benzimidazol-1-yl)methyl)benzene, which was isolated as the malonic acid co-crystal, see: Aakeröy et al. (2005 ). For related metal complexes, see: Fan et al. (2006 ); Raehm et al. (2003 ).

Experimental

Crystal data

[Zn₂Cl₄(C₂₂H₁₈N₄)₂]·2C₃H₇NO
M_r = 1095.54
Monoclinic, C 2/c
a = 24.0069 (5) Å
b = 9.8217 (2) Å
c = 23.9723 (5) Å
β = 117.695 (1)°
V = 5004.8 (2) Å³
Z = 4
Mo Kα radiation
μ = 1.22 mm⁻¹
T = 120 K
0.30 × 0.20 × 0.10 mm

Data collection

Bruker SMART APEX diffractometer
Absorption correction: multi-scan SADABS (Sheldrick, 1996 ) T_min = 0.711, T_max = 0.888
17166 measured reflections
5730 independent reflections
4449 reflections with I > 2σ(I)
R_int = 0.034

Refinement

R[F² > 2σ(F²)] = 0.037
wR(F²) = 0.097
S = 1.04
5730 reflections
309 parameters
H-atom parameters constrained
Δρ_max = 0.92 e Å⁻³
Δρ_min = −0.57 e Å⁻³

Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2008 ); cell refinement: SAINT (Bruker, 2008); data reduction: SAINT; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008 ); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: X-SEED (Barbour, 2001 ); software used to prepare material for publication: publCIF (Westrip, 2009 ).

Supporting information

Crystal structure: contains datablocks global, I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536809015943/tk2441sup1.cif

Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536809015943/tk2441Isup2.hkl

checkCIF report

Related literature top

For the crystal structure of 1,3-bis((benzimidazol-1-yl)methyl)benzene, which was isolated as the malonic acid co-crystal, see: Aakeröy et al. (2005). For related metal complexes, see: Fan et al. (2006); Raehm et al. (2003).

Experimental top

The compound was prepared from a mixture of boric acid (0.17 g), zinc chloride (0.27 g), 1,3-bis((benzimidazol-1-yl)methyl)benzene (0.45 g) in DMF (3.6 ml) and water (0.2 ml). The mixture was sealed in 25-ml Teflon-lined stainless-steel vessel, which was heated at 423 K for 5 days. The vessel was then cooled to room temperature slowly. Crystals were picked out manually.

Computing details top

Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2008); cell refinement: SAINT (Bruker, 2008); data reduction: SAINT (Bruker, 2008); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: X-SEED (Barbour, 2001); software used to prepare material for publication: publCIF (Westrip, 2009).

Figures top

Fig. 1. Thermal ellipsoid plot (Barbour, 2001) of [ZnCl₂(C₂₂H₁₈N₄)]₂^.2DMF at the 70% probability level; hydrogen atoms are drawn as spheres of arbitrary radius. Only one DMF molecule is shown. Unlabelled non-H atoms are related by a centre of inversion.

Bis{µ-1,3-bis[(benzimidazol-1-yl)methyl]benzene- κ²N³:N^3'}bis[dichloridozinc(II)] dimethylformamide disolvate top

Crystal data top

[Zn₂Cl₄(C₂₂H₁₈N₄)₂]·2C₃H₇NO	F(000) = 2256
M_r = 1095.54	D_x = 1.454 Mg m⁻³
Monoclinic, C2/c	Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å
Hall symbol: -C 2yc	Cell parameters from 4135 reflections
a = 24.0069 (5) Å	θ = 2.3–27.2°
b = 9.8217 (2) Å	µ = 1.22 mm⁻¹
c = 23.9723 (5) Å	T = 120 K
β = 117.695 (1)°	Prism, colorless
V = 5004.8 (2) Å³	0.30 × 0.20 × 0.10 mm
Z = 4

Data collection top

Bruker SMART APEX diffractometer	5730 independent reflections
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube	4449 reflections with I > 2σ(I)
Graphite monochromator	R_int = 0.034
ω scans	θ_max = 27.5°, θ_min = 1.9°
Absorption correction: multi-scan SADABS (Sheldrick, 1996)	h = −30→31
T_min = 0.711, T_max = 0.888	k = −12→12
17166 measured reflections	l = −31→28

Refinement top

Refinement on F²	Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods
Least-squares matrix: full	Secondary atom site location: difference Fourier map
R[F² > 2σ(F²)] = 0.037	Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites
wR(F²) = 0.097	H-atom parameters constrained
S = 1.04	w = 1/[σ²(F_o²) + (0.0452P)² + 5.1375P] where P = (F_o² + 2F_c²)/3
5730 reflections	(Δ/σ)_max = 0.001
309 parameters	Δρ_max = 0.92 e Å⁻³
0 restraints	Δρ_min = −0.57 e Å⁻³

Crystal data top

[Zn₂Cl₄(C₂₂H₁₈N₄)₂]·2C₃H₇NO	V = 5004.8 (2) Å³
M_r = 1095.54	Z = 4
Monoclinic, C2/c	Mo Kα radiation
a = 24.0069 (5) Å	µ = 1.22 mm⁻¹
b = 9.8217 (2) Å	T = 120 K
c = 23.9723 (5) Å	0.30 × 0.20 × 0.10 mm
β = 117.695 (1)°

Data collection top

Bruker SMART APEX diffractometer	5730 independent reflections
Absorption correction: multi-scan SADABS (Sheldrick, 1996)	4449 reflections with I > 2σ(I)
T_min = 0.711, T_max = 0.888	R_int = 0.034
17166 measured reflections

Refinement top

R[F² > 2σ(F²)] = 0.037	0 restraints
wR(F²) = 0.097	H-atom parameters constrained
S = 1.04	Δρ_max = 0.92 e Å⁻³
5730 reflections	Δρ_min = −0.57 e Å⁻³
309 parameters

Fractional atomic coordinates and isotropic or equivalent isotropic displacement parameters (Å²) top

	x	y	z	U_iso*/U_eq
Zn1	0.499493 (12)	0.24704 (3)	0.615569 (12)	0.01976 (9)
Cl1	0.54858 (3)	0.40106 (6)	0.69289 (3)	0.02422 (14)
Cl2	0.54751 (3)	0.05513 (6)	0.61286 (3)	0.03540 (17)
O1	0.28873 (14)	0.6931 (3)	0.61655 (11)	0.0738 (8)
N1	0.46559 (9)	0.32960 (19)	0.52860 (9)	0.0194 (4)
N2	0.42352 (9)	0.33960 (19)	0.42428 (9)	0.0183 (4)
N3	0.16359 (9)	0.2139 (2)	0.36682 (9)	0.0223 (4)
N4	0.08242 (9)	0.2789 (2)	0.38075 (9)	0.0224 (4)
N5	0.37081 (12)	0.8246 (2)	0.67983 (10)	0.0369 (6)
C1	0.43461 (10)	0.4540 (2)	0.50863 (10)	0.0185 (5)
C2	0.42823 (11)	0.5612 (2)	0.54354 (11)	0.0224 (5)
H2	0.4464	0.5574	0.5882	0.027*
C3	0.39418 (11)	0.6732 (2)	0.51009 (12)	0.0263 (5)
H3	0.3887	0.7479	0.5322	0.032*
C4	0.36741 (11)	0.6791 (2)	0.44394 (12)	0.0260 (5)
H4	0.3444	0.7579	0.4227	0.031*
C5	0.37366 (11)	0.5743 (2)	0.40925 (11)	0.0232 (5)
H5	0.3556	0.5785	0.3646	0.028*
C6	0.40796 (10)	0.4615 (2)	0.44313 (11)	0.0199 (5)
C7	0.45751 (11)	0.2659 (2)	0.47682 (11)	0.0202 (5)
H7	0.4738	0.1779	0.4766	0.024*
C8	0.40337 (11)	0.2955 (2)	0.35930 (11)	0.0206 (5)
H8A	0.4220	0.2054	0.3595	0.025*
H8B	0.4187	0.3611	0.3382	0.025*
C9	0.33254 (11)	0.2861 (2)	0.32330 (11)	0.0209 (5)
C10	0.29914 (11)	0.2108 (2)	0.34747 (11)	0.0208 (5)
H10	0.3215	0.1614	0.3856	0.025*
C11	0.23407 (11)	0.2072 (2)	0.31670 (11)	0.0222 (5)
C12	0.20141 (12)	0.2768 (3)	0.25988 (12)	0.0285 (6)
H12	0.1567	0.2742	0.2382	0.034*
C13	0.23399 (13)	0.3496 (3)	0.23511 (12)	0.0338 (6)
H13	0.2117	0.3959	0.1961	0.041*
C14	0.29951 (12)	0.3554 (3)	0.26713 (11)	0.0291 (6)
H14	0.3216	0.4073	0.2503	0.035*
C15	0.19950 (12)	0.1274 (2)	0.34467 (12)	0.0257 (5)
H15A	0.1702	0.0633	0.3126	0.031*
H15B	0.2303	0.0730	0.3805	0.031*
C16	0.10264 (11)	0.1968 (2)	0.35076 (11)	0.0223 (5)
H16	0.0766	0.1318	0.3206	0.027*
C17	0.13518 (11)	0.3561 (2)	0.42061 (11)	0.0221 (5)
C18	0.14072 (12)	0.4591 (2)	0.46287 (11)	0.0251 (5)
H18	0.1058	0.4870	0.4686	0.030*
C19	0.19923 (12)	0.5187 (3)	0.49612 (12)	0.0285 (6)
H19	0.2047	0.5892	0.5254	0.034*
C20	0.25048 (12)	0.4777 (3)	0.48768 (12)	0.0300 (6)
H20	0.2899	0.5214	0.5114	0.036*
C21	0.24572 (12)	0.3754 (3)	0.44588 (12)	0.0283 (6)
H21	0.2808	0.3474	0.4405	0.034*
C22	0.18653 (11)	0.3158 (2)	0.41212 (11)	0.0227 (5)
C23	0.31081 (17)	0.7967 (4)	0.64606 (15)	0.0501 (9)
H23	0.2819	0.8643	0.6446	0.060*
C24	0.4155 (2)	0.7252 (4)	0.6803 (2)	0.0749 (12)
H24A	0.3929	0.6512	0.6510	0.112*
H24B	0.4396	0.6883	0.7229	0.112*
H24C	0.4443	0.7688	0.6672	0.112*
C25	0.3954 (2)	0.9448 (4)	0.71704 (16)	0.0667 (12)
H25A	0.3605	1.0025	0.7133	0.100*
H25B	0.4211	0.9949	0.7020	0.100*
H25C	0.4213	0.9192	0.7612	0.100*

Atomic displacement parameters (Å²) top

	U¹¹	U²²	U³³	U¹²	U¹³	U²³
Zn1	0.01891 (15)	0.01906 (14)	0.01959 (14)	0.00064 (11)	0.00751 (11)	0.00179 (10)
Cl1	0.0220 (3)	0.0268 (3)	0.0201 (3)	−0.0046 (2)	0.0067 (2)	−0.0007 (2)
Cl2	0.0442 (4)	0.0243 (3)	0.0351 (3)	0.0130 (3)	0.0162 (3)	0.0053 (3)
O1	0.093 (2)	0.0474 (15)	0.0492 (14)	−0.0216 (15)	0.0061 (14)	−0.0035 (12)
N1	0.0187 (10)	0.0179 (10)	0.0211 (9)	0.0017 (8)	0.0088 (8)	0.0031 (8)
N2	0.0178 (10)	0.0180 (9)	0.0194 (9)	0.0005 (8)	0.0089 (8)	0.0005 (7)
N3	0.0229 (11)	0.0223 (10)	0.0239 (10)	−0.0048 (8)	0.0126 (9)	−0.0058 (8)
N4	0.0228 (10)	0.0218 (10)	0.0236 (10)	−0.0057 (8)	0.0116 (9)	−0.0045 (8)
N5	0.0455 (15)	0.0325 (13)	0.0262 (11)	−0.0073 (11)	0.0112 (11)	−0.0024 (10)
C1	0.0144 (11)	0.0178 (11)	0.0231 (11)	−0.0012 (8)	0.0085 (9)	0.0003 (9)
C2	0.0172 (12)	0.0240 (12)	0.0237 (12)	−0.0005 (9)	0.0078 (10)	−0.0013 (9)
C3	0.0247 (13)	0.0203 (12)	0.0344 (13)	0.0034 (10)	0.0143 (11)	−0.0034 (10)
C4	0.0224 (13)	0.0211 (12)	0.0328 (13)	0.0068 (10)	0.0116 (11)	0.0061 (10)
C5	0.0207 (12)	0.0224 (12)	0.0249 (12)	0.0035 (9)	0.0092 (10)	0.0037 (9)
C6	0.0160 (11)	0.0202 (12)	0.0238 (12)	−0.0021 (9)	0.0096 (9)	0.0001 (9)
C7	0.0168 (11)	0.0186 (11)	0.0248 (12)	0.0005 (9)	0.0094 (9)	0.0031 (9)
C8	0.0229 (12)	0.0219 (11)	0.0199 (11)	0.0008 (9)	0.0123 (10)	0.0003 (9)
C9	0.0247 (13)	0.0202 (11)	0.0203 (11)	−0.0013 (9)	0.0128 (10)	−0.0025 (9)
C10	0.0243 (12)	0.0180 (11)	0.0198 (11)	0.0005 (9)	0.0099 (10)	−0.0002 (9)
C11	0.0266 (13)	0.0183 (11)	0.0236 (12)	−0.0034 (9)	0.0132 (10)	−0.0067 (9)
C12	0.0236 (13)	0.0315 (14)	0.0244 (12)	−0.0035 (10)	0.0062 (10)	−0.0048 (10)
C13	0.0312 (15)	0.0420 (16)	0.0202 (12)	−0.0028 (12)	0.0051 (11)	0.0071 (11)
C14	0.0290 (14)	0.0343 (14)	0.0240 (12)	−0.0048 (11)	0.0124 (11)	0.0049 (11)
C15	0.0268 (13)	0.0235 (13)	0.0307 (13)	−0.0033 (10)	0.0166 (11)	−0.0057 (10)
C16	0.0218 (12)	0.0229 (12)	0.0227 (12)	−0.0063 (9)	0.0106 (10)	−0.0034 (9)
C17	0.0220 (12)	0.0212 (12)	0.0210 (11)	−0.0034 (9)	0.0082 (10)	0.0000 (9)
C18	0.0274 (13)	0.0227 (12)	0.0264 (12)	−0.0009 (10)	0.0135 (11)	−0.0037 (10)
C19	0.0316 (14)	0.0248 (13)	0.0251 (13)	−0.0028 (11)	0.0100 (11)	−0.0058 (10)
C20	0.0250 (13)	0.0295 (14)	0.0311 (14)	−0.0088 (11)	0.0093 (11)	−0.0077 (11)
C21	0.0235 (13)	0.0293 (14)	0.0323 (13)	−0.0060 (10)	0.0130 (11)	−0.0050 (11)
C22	0.0256 (13)	0.0206 (12)	0.0225 (12)	−0.0053 (10)	0.0117 (10)	−0.0033 (9)
C23	0.053 (2)	0.0425 (18)	0.0376 (17)	−0.0103 (16)	0.0071 (15)	0.0080 (14)
C24	0.075 (3)	0.078 (3)	0.083 (3)	0.007 (2)	0.047 (3)	−0.009 (2)
C25	0.094 (3)	0.043 (2)	0.0422 (19)	−0.0191 (19)	0.014 (2)	−0.0115 (15)

Geometric parameters (Å, º) top

Zn1—N1	2.022 (2)	C8—H8B	0.9900
Zn1—N4ⁱ	2.025 (2)	C9—C14	1.383 (3)
Zn1—Cl1	2.2544 (6)	C9—C10	1.399 (3)
Zn1—Cl2	2.2262 (7)	C10—C11	1.384 (3)
O1—C23	1.211 (4)	C10—H10	0.9500
N1—C7	1.321 (3)	C11—C12	1.394 (4)
N1—C1	1.394 (3)	C11—C15	1.506 (3)
N2—C7	1.349 (3)	C12—C13	1.381 (4)
N2—C6	1.391 (3)	C12—H12	0.9500
N2—C8	1.465 (3)	C13—C14	1.394 (4)
N3—C16	1.339 (3)	C13—H13	0.9500
N3—C22	1.389 (3)	C14—H14	0.9500
N3—C15	1.474 (3)	C15—H15A	0.9900
N4—C16	1.314 (3)	C15—H15B	0.9900
N4—C17	1.403 (3)	C16—H16	0.9500
N4—Zn1ⁱ	2.025 (2)	C17—C18	1.393 (3)
N5—C23	1.312 (4)	C17—C22	1.397 (3)
N5—C25	1.431 (4)	C18—C19	1.382 (3)
N5—C24	1.447 (5)	C18—H18	0.9500
C1—C6	1.395 (3)	C19—C20	1.396 (4)
C1—C2	1.397 (3)	C19—H19	0.9500
C2—C3	1.382 (3)	C20—C21	1.386 (4)
C2—H2	0.9500	C20—H20	0.9500
C3—C4	1.408 (3)	C21—C22	1.396 (3)
C3—H3	0.9500	C21—H21	0.9500
C4—C5	1.375 (3)	C23—H23	0.9500
C4—H4	0.9500	C24—H24A	0.9800
C5—C6	1.394 (3)	C24—H24B	0.9800
C5—H5	0.9500	C24—H24C	0.9800
C7—H7	0.9500	C25—H25A	0.9800
C8—C9	1.510 (3)	C25—H25B	0.9800
C8—H8A	0.9900	C25—H25C	0.9800

N1—Zn1—N4ⁱ	99.30 (8)	C10—C11—C12	119.4 (2)
N1—Zn1—Cl1	112.62 (6)	C10—C11—C15	119.7 (2)
N1—Zn1—Cl2	105.97 (6)	C12—C11—C15	120.9 (2)
N4ⁱ—Zn1—Cl1	101.28 (6)	C13—C12—C11	120.0 (2)
N4ⁱ—Zn1—Cl2	114.92 (6)	C13—C12—H12	120.0
Cl1—Zn1—Cl2	120.81 (3)	C11—C12—H12	120.0
C7—N1—C1	105.68 (18)	C12—C13—C14	120.2 (2)
C7—N1—Zn1	126.28 (15)	C12—C13—H13	119.9
C1—N1—Zn1	126.89 (15)	C14—C13—H13	119.9
C7—N2—C6	107.21 (19)	C9—C14—C13	120.4 (2)
C7—N2—C8	126.25 (19)	C9—C14—H14	119.8
C6—N2—C8	126.44 (19)	C13—C14—H14	119.8
C16—N3—C22	107.3 (2)	N3—C15—C11	113.3 (2)
C16—N3—C15	124.6 (2)	N3—C15—H15A	108.9
C22—N3—C15	127.7 (2)	C11—C15—H15A	108.9
C16—N4—C17	105.0 (2)	N3—C15—H15B	108.9
C16—N4—Zn1ⁱ	124.06 (16)	C11—C15—H15B	108.9
C17—N4—Zn1ⁱ	128.75 (16)	H15A—C15—H15B	107.7
C23—N5—C25	124.9 (3)	N4—C16—N3	113.5 (2)
C23—N5—C24	117.5 (3)	N4—C16—H16	123.3
C25—N5—C24	117.6 (3)	N3—C16—H16	123.3
N1—C1—C6	109.0 (2)	C18—C17—C22	121.3 (2)
N1—C1—C2	130.1 (2)	C18—C17—N4	129.7 (2)
C6—C1—C2	120.9 (2)	C22—C17—N4	109.0 (2)
C3—C2—C1	116.9 (2)	C19—C18—C17	117.1 (2)
C3—C2—H2	121.6	C19—C18—H18	121.5
C1—C2—H2	121.6	C17—C18—H18	121.5
C2—C3—C4	121.6 (2)	C18—C19—C20	121.5 (2)
C2—C3—H3	119.2	C18—C19—H19	119.3
C4—C3—H3	119.2	C20—C19—H19	119.3
C5—C4—C3	121.9 (2)	C21—C20—C19	122.1 (2)
C5—C4—H4	119.0	C21—C20—H20	118.9
C3—C4—H4	119.0	C19—C20—H20	118.9
C4—C5—C6	116.3 (2)	C20—C21—C22	116.3 (2)
C4—C5—H5	121.8	C20—C21—H21	121.9
C6—C5—H5	121.8	C22—C21—H21	121.9
N2—C6—C5	132.1 (2)	N3—C22—C21	133.0 (2)
N2—C6—C1	105.54 (19)	N3—C22—C17	105.2 (2)
C5—C6—C1	122.4 (2)	C21—C22—C17	121.8 (2)
N1—C7—N2	112.6 (2)	O1—C23—N5	126.3 (4)
N1—C7—H7	123.7	O1—C23—H23	116.8
N2—C7—H7	123.7	N5—C23—H23	116.8
N2—C8—C9	110.68 (19)	N5—C24—H24A	109.5
N2—C8—H8A	109.5	N5—C24—H24B	109.5
C9—C8—H8A	109.5	H24A—C24—H24B	109.5
N2—C8—H8B	109.5	N5—C24—H24C	109.5
C9—C8—H8B	109.5	H24A—C24—H24C	109.5
H8A—C8—H8B	108.1	H24B—C24—H24C	109.5
C14—C9—C10	118.9 (2)	N5—C25—H25A	109.5
C14—C9—C8	120.7 (2)	N5—C25—H25B	109.5
C10—C9—C8	120.4 (2)	H25A—C25—H25B	109.5
C11—C10—C9	121.0 (2)	N5—C25—H25C	109.5
C11—C10—H10	119.5	H25A—C25—H25C	109.5
C9—C10—H10	119.5	H25B—C25—H25C	109.5

N4ⁱ—Zn1—N1—C7	−101.91 (19)	C9—C10—C11—C15	−178.8 (2)
Cl2—Zn1—N1—C7	17.5 (2)	C10—C11—C12—C13	−0.6 (4)
Cl1—Zn1—N1—C7	151.65 (17)	C15—C11—C12—C13	179.9 (2)
N4ⁱ—Zn1—N1—C1	64.00 (19)	C11—C12—C13—C14	−0.9 (4)
Cl2—Zn1—N1—C1	−176.59 (17)	C10—C9—C14—C13	−0.2 (4)
Cl1—Zn1—N1—C1	−42.44 (19)	C8—C9—C14—C13	−178.1 (2)
C7—N1—C1—C6	−0.1 (2)	C12—C13—C14—C9	1.3 (4)
Zn1—N1—C1—C6	−168.31 (15)	C16—N3—C15—C11	128.1 (2)
C7—N1—C1—C2	−179.8 (2)	C22—N3—C15—C11	−59.4 (3)
Zn1—N1—C1—C2	12.0 (3)	C10—C11—C15—N3	112.2 (2)
N1—C1—C2—C3	−179.9 (2)	C12—C11—C15—N3	−68.3 (3)
C6—C1—C2—C3	0.5 (3)	C17—N4—C16—N3	−0.5 (3)
C1—C2—C3—C4	−0.3 (4)	Zn1ⁱ—N4—C16—N3	−164.84 (16)
C2—C3—C4—C5	0.0 (4)	C22—N3—C16—N4	0.6 (3)
C3—C4—C5—C6	0.0 (4)	C15—N3—C16—N4	174.3 (2)
C7—N2—C6—C5	−179.8 (2)	C16—N4—C17—C18	179.7 (2)
C8—N2—C6—C5	−3.4 (4)	Zn1ⁱ—N4—C17—C18	−17.1 (4)
C7—N2—C6—C1	0.0 (2)	C16—N4—C17—C22	0.3 (3)
C8—N2—C6—C1	176.4 (2)	Zn1ⁱ—N4—C17—C22	163.61 (17)
C4—C5—C6—N2	180.0 (2)	C22—C17—C18—C19	−0.3 (4)
C4—C5—C6—C1	0.1 (3)	N4—C17—C18—C19	−179.6 (2)
N1—C1—C6—N2	0.0 (2)	C17—C18—C19—C20	0.0 (4)
C2—C1—C6—N2	179.7 (2)	C18—C19—C20—C21	−0.1 (4)
N1—C1—C6—C5	179.9 (2)	C19—C20—C21—C22	0.4 (4)
C2—C1—C6—C5	−0.4 (4)	C16—N3—C22—C21	179.6 (3)
C1—N1—C7—N2	0.1 (3)	C15—N3—C22—C21	6.1 (4)
Zn1—N1—C7—N2	168.44 (15)	C16—N3—C22—C17	−0.3 (3)
C6—N2—C7—N1	−0.1 (3)	C15—N3—C22—C17	−173.8 (2)
C8—N2—C7—N1	−176.5 (2)	C20—C21—C22—N3	179.4 (3)
C7—N2—C8—C9	115.4 (2)	C20—C21—C22—C17	−0.7 (4)
C6—N2—C8—C9	−60.3 (3)	C18—C17—C22—N3	−179.4 (2)
N2—C8—C9—C14	125.4 (2)	N4—C17—C22—N3	0.0 (3)
N2—C8—C9—C10	−52.4 (3)	C18—C17—C22—C21	0.7 (4)
C14—C9—C10—C11	−1.3 (4)	N4—C17—C22—C21	−179.9 (2)
C8—C9—C10—C11	176.5 (2)	C25—N5—C23—O1	−176.3 (3)
C9—C10—C11—C12	1.7 (3)	C24—N5—C23—O1	2.7 (5)

Symmetry code: (i) −x+1/2, −y+1/2, −z+1.

Experimental details

Crystal data
Chemical formula	[Zn₂Cl₄(C₂₂H₁₈N₄)₂]·2C₃H₇NO
M_r	1095.54
Crystal system, space group	Monoclinic, C2/c
Temperature (K)	120
a, b, c (Å)	24.0069 (5), 9.8217 (2), 23.9723 (5)
β (°)	117.695 (1)
V (Å³)	5004.8 (2)
Z	4
Radiation type	Mo Kα
µ (mm⁻¹)	1.22
Crystal size (mm)	0.30 × 0.20 × 0.10

Data collection
Diffractometer	Bruker SMART APEX diffractometer
Absorption correction	Multi-scan SADABS (Sheldrick, 1996)
T_min, T_max	0.711, 0.888
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections	17166, 5730, 4449
R_int	0.034
(sin θ/λ)_max (Å⁻¹)	0.650

Refinement
R[F² > 2σ(F²)], wR(F²), S	0.037, 0.097, 1.04
No. of reflections	5730
No. of parameters	309
H-atom treatment	H-atom parameters constrained
Δρ_max, Δρ_min (e Å⁻³)	0.92, −0.57

Computer programs: APEX2 (Bruker, 2008), SAINT (Bruker, 2008), SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), X-SEED (Barbour, 2001), publCIF (Westrip, 2009).

Acknowledgements

We acknowledge support from the Scientific Research Projects of Higher Education of Inner Mongolia (NJzy08217) and the University of Malaya.

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