Crystal structure and luminescent properties of [1-(biphenyl-4-yl)-1H-imidazole-κN3]di­chloridozinc

Liu, X.-X.; Wang, Y.

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Crystal structure and luminescent properties of [1-(biphenyl-4-yl)-1H-imidazole-κN³]dichloridozinc

Xiao-Xiao Liu ^a and Yuan Wang ^a ^*

^aChangchun University of Science & Technology, School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Changchun 130022, People's Republic of China
^*Correspondence e-mail: ywt1982@163.com

Edited by M. Weil, Vienna University of Technology, Austria (Received 19 January 2015; accepted 9 February 2015; online 13 February 2015)

The mononuclear title compound, [ZnCl₂(C₁₅H₁₂N₂)₂], was synthesized by reaction of zinc chloride and 1-(biphenyl-4-yl)-1H-imidazole (bpi) under hydrothermal conditions. The Zn^II atom is tetrahedrally coordinated by the free imidazole N atoms of two bpi ligands and by two Cl atoms. The bpi ligands are not planar, with dihedral angles of 37.52 (14) and 42.45 (14)° between the phenyl rings and 37.13 (14) and 40.05 (14)° between the phenyl rings and the attached imidazole rings, respectively. Mutual π–π interactions, with a centroid-to-centroid distance of 3.751 (2) Å between the phenyl and imidazole rings of neighbouring ligands, are present, leading to dimers that are arranged in rows parallel to [-211].

Keywords: crystal structure; zinc coordination complex; luminescent properties; π–π interactions.

CCDC reference: 1048515

1. Chemical context

Metal coordination polymers constructed from organic ligands and metal cations have received attention because of their structural diversity and interesting physical and chemical properties, including adsorption, molecular separation, heterogeneous catalysis and non-linear optics (Sumida et al., 2012 ; Colombo et al., 2012 ; Henke et al., 2012 ). The development of such materials for various applications is reliant on the functionalities and modulations of the inorganic central atoms and the organic linkers. Materials constructed from d¹⁰ metal ions can be promising photoactive candidates (Lan et al., 2009 ; Qin et al., 2014 ). For example, a series of zinc- and cadmium-based coordination polymers were reported to be luminescent sensors for the detection of small organic molecules (Yi et al., 2012 ; Wang et al., 2013 ). On the other hand, the choice of the organic ligands or linkers is important for the supramolecular arrangement.

Among the various organic ligands used for the construction of coordination polymers, nitrogen-donor species are dominant due to their strong affinities for binding metal atoms (Yang et al., 2013 , 2014 ). In particular, imidazoles are of great interest for the construction of zeolite imidazolate frameworks, which exhibit high stability and practical applications (Phan et al., 2010 ). By further modification of imidazole ligands, various compounds with different structural set-ups have been reported, including one-dimensional, two-dimensional and three-dimensional architectures (Kan et al., 2012 ). Recently, two one-dimensional imidazole-based zinc complexes were synthesized by using 1,4-di(1H-imidazol-1-yl)benzene (dib), and 1,3,5-tri(1H-imidazol-1-yl)benzene (tib) as ligands (Wang et al., 2014 ). To obtain further effects on the final structure by modification of the substituent of the imidazoles, 1-(biphenyl-4-yl)-1H-imidazole (bpi) was chosen as ligand and reacted with Zn²⁺ ions in this work, yielding the title compound ZnCl₂(C₁₅H₁₂N₂)₂, (I). Apart from the structure determination, its photoluminescent property is also reported.

2. Structural commentary

As shown in Fig. 1, the asymmetric unit of (I) consists of one zinc(II) cation, two bpi ligands and two chlorine ligands. The cation has a distorted tetrahedral coordination sphere defined by the free imidazole N atoms and two Cl atoms. The Zn—N and Zn—Cl bond lengths (Table 1) are typical for tetrahedrally coordinated Zn^II. The dihedral angles between the two phenyl rings in the two bpi ligands are 37.52 (14) and 42.45 (14)°, respectively, while the dihedral angles between the phenyl rings and the attached imidazole rings are 37.13 (14) and 40.05 (14)°.

Table 1
Selected bond lengths (Å)

Zn1—N1	2.021 (2)	Zn1—Cl1	2.2258 (7)
Zn1—N3	2.028 (2)	Zn1—Cl2	2.2447 (8)

Figure 1
The molecular structure of compound (I)

. Displacement ellipsoids were drawn at the 30% probability level.

Zn^II-based compounds with metal-organic framework structures are well-known for their luminescence properties. The photoluminescence spectrum of compound (I) in the solid state is shown in Fig. 2. On excitation at 278 nm, the emission band is centred at 350 nm. Compared to the free bpi ligand, which exhibits one main fluorescent emission band around 400 nm when excited at 271 nm, the emission band of complex (I) is about 50 nm hypochromatically shifted. Considering metal atoms with a d¹⁰ electron configuration and the bonding interactions with the ligand, such broad emission bands may be assigned to a ligand-to-ligand charge transfer (LLCT), admixing with metal-to-ligand (MLCT) and ligand-to-metal (LMCT) charge transfers (Gong et al., 2011 ).

Figure 2
Excitation and emission spectra of compound (I)

in the solid state.

3. Supramolecular features

As mentioned before, the imidazole-based ligands dib and tib, featuring two and three imidazole rings, respectively, can adopt different structural dimensionalities. The bpi ligand used in this study, however, has only one available N-donor, thus preventing the formation of a polymeric structure. Nevertheless, there are weak intermolecular π–π stacking interactions between single molecules in the crystal packing. The terminal phenyl ring and the imidazole ring of a neighbouring ligand are tilted to each other by 11.72 (17)°, with a centroid-to-centroid distance of 3.751 (2) Å (Fig. 3).

Figure 3
View of the crystal structure along [010] emphasizing π–π interactions (dotted lines and inset).

4. Synthesis and crystallization

All chemicals were purchased commercially and used without further purification. A mixture of ZnCl₂ (81.6 mg, 5 mmol), bpi (130 mg, 0.6 mmol), and de-ionized water (9 ml) was loaded into a 20 ml Teflon-lined stainless steel autoclave. The autoclave was sealed and heated at 423 K for 5 d, and then cooled to room temperature by switching off the furnace. Colourless block-shaped crystals were isolated, which were filtered off and washed with de-ionized water. The final product was dried at ambient temperature (yield 75% based on zinc). Analysis calculated (wt%) for ZnCl₂(C₁₅H₁₂N₂)₂: C, 62.47; H, 4.19; N, 9.71. Found: C, 62.45; H, 4.15; N, 9.79.

Elemental analyses of C, H, and N were conducted on a Perkin–Elmer 2400 elemental analyser. The photoluminescence (PL) excitation and emission spectra were recorded with an F-7000 luminescence spectrometer equipped with a xenon lamp of 450 W as an excitation light source. The photomultiplier tube voltage was 400 V, the scan speed was 1200 nm min⁻¹, both the excitation and the emission slit widths were 5.0 nm.

5. Refinement

Crystal data, data collection and structure refinement details are summarized in Table 2. All hydrogen atoms were positioned geometrically with C—H = 0.93 Å and U_iso(H) = 1.2U_eq(C).

Table 2
Experimental details

Crystal data
Chemical formula	[ZnCl₂(C₁₅H₁₂N₂)₂]
M_r	576.80
Crystal system, space group	Triclinic, P $[\overline{1}]$
Temperature (K)	296
a, b, c (Å)	9.2410 (6), 9.2595 (5), 16.4106 (10)
α, β, γ (°)	87.770 (1), 88.819 (1), 72.823 (1)
V (Å³)	1340.50 (14)
Z	2
Radiation type	Mo Kα
μ (mm⁻¹)	1.14
Crystal size (mm)	0.40 × 0.30 × 0.30

Data collection
Diffractometer	Bruker APEXII CCD area detector
Absorption correction	Multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2008 )
T_min, T_max	0.658, 0.726
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections	8564, 5308, 4067
R_int	0.025
(sin θ/λ)_max (Å⁻¹)	0.619

Refinement
R[F² > 2σ(F²)], wR(F²), S	0.037, 0.091, 1.00
No. of reflections	5308
No. of parameters	334
H-atom treatment	H-atom parameters constrained
Δρ_max, Δρ_min (e Å⁻³)	0.31, −0.35
Computer programs: APEX2 and SAINT (Bruker, 2008), SHELXS97 and SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008 ), DIAMOND (Brandenburg, 2006 ) and publCIF (Westrip, 2010 ).

Supporting information

CCDC reference: 1048515

Crystal structure: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S2056989015002807/wm5118sup1.cif

Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S2056989015002807/wm5118Isup2.hkl

Supporting information file. DOI: 10.1107/S2056989015002807/wm5118Isup3.mol

checkCIF report

Chemical context top

Metal coordination polymers constructed from organic ligands and metal cations have received attention because of their structural diversity and interesting physical and chemical properties, including adsorption, molecular separation, heterogeneous catalysis and non-linear optics (Sumida et al., 2012; Colombo et al., 2012; Henke et al., 2012). The development of such materials for various applications is reliant on the functionalities and modulations of the inorganic central atom and the organic linker. Materials constructed from d¹⁰ metal ions can be promising photoactive candidates (Lan et al., 2009; Qin et al., 2014). For example, a series of zinc- and cadmium-based coordination polymers were reported to be luminescent sensors for the detection of small organic molecules (Yi et al., 2012; Wang et al., 2013). On the other hand, the choice of the organic ligand or linkers is important for the supramolecular arrangement.

Among the various organic ligands used for the construction of coordination polymers, nitrogen-donor species are dominant due to their strong affinities for binding metal atoms (Yang et al., 2013, 2014). In particular, imidazoles are of great interest for the construction of zeolite imidazolate frameworks, which exhibit high stability and practical applications (Phan et al., 2010). By further modification of imidazole ligands, various compounds with different structural set-ups have been reported, including one-dimensional, two-dimensional and three-dimensional architectures (Kan et al., 2012). Recently, two one-dimensional imidazole-based zinc complexes were synthesized by using 1,4-di(1H-imidazol-1-yl)benzene (dib), and 1,3,5-tri(1H-imidazol-1-yl)benzene (tib) as ligands (Wang et al., 2014). To obtain further effects on the final structure by modification of the substituent of the imidazoles, 1-(biphenyl-4-yl)-1H-imidazole (bpi) was chosen as ligand and reacted with Zn²⁺ ions in this work, yielding the title compound ZnCl₂(C₁₅H₁₂N₂)₂, (I). Apart from the structure determination, its photoluminescent properties are also reported.

Structural commentary top

Supramolecular features top

Synthesis and crystallization top

Elemental analyses of C, H, and N were conducted on a Perkin–Elmer 2400 elemental analyser. The photoluminescence (PL) excitation and emission spectra were recorded with an F-7000 luminescence spectrometer equipped with a xenon lamp of 450 W as an excitation light source. The photomultiplier tube voltage was 400 V, the scan speed was 1200 nm min^-1, both the excitation and the emission slit widths were 5.0 nm.

Refinement top

All hydrogen atoms were positioned geometrically with C—H = 0.93 Å and U_iso(H) = 1.2U_eq(C).

Related literature top

For related literature, see: Colombo et al. (2012); Gong et al. (2011); Henke et al. (2012); Kan et al. (2012); Lan et al. (2009); Phan et al. (2010); Qin et al. (2014); Sumida et al. (2012); Wang et al. (2013, 2014); Yang et al. (2013, 2014); Yi et al. (2012).

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: DIAMOND (Brandenburg, 2006); software used to prepare material for publication: publCIF (Westrip, 2010).

Figures top

	Fig. 1. The molecular structure of compound (I). Displacement ellipsoids were drawn at the 30% probability level.
	Fig. 2. Excitation and emission spectra of compound (I) in the solid state.
	Fig. 3. View of the crystal structure along [010] emphasizing π–π interactions (dotted lines and inset).

[1-(Biphenyl-4-yl)-1H-imidazole-κN³]dichloridozinc top

Crystal data top

[ZnCl₂(C₁₅H₁₂N₂)₂]	Z = 2
M_r = 576.80	F(000) = 592
Triclinic, P1	#Added by publCIF _symmetry_space_group_name_hall '-P 1' #Added by publCIF _audit_update_record
Hall symbol: -P 1	D_x = 1.429 Mg m⁻³
a = 9.2410 (6) Å	Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å
b = 9.2595 (5) Å	Cell parameters from 2594 reflections
c = 16.4106 (10) Å	θ = 2.3–24.3°
α = 87.770 (1)°	µ = 1.14 mm⁻¹
β = 88.819 (1)°	T = 296 K
γ = 72.823 (1)°	Block, colourless
V = 1340.50 (14) Å³	0.40 × 0.30 × 0.30 mm

Data collection top

Bruker APEXII CCD area-detector diffractometer	5308 independent reflections
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube	4067 reflections with I > 2σ(I)
Graphite monochromator	R_int = 0.025
phi and ω scans	θ_max = 26.1°, θ_min = 2.3°
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2008)	h = −11→11
T_min = 0.658, T_max = 0.726	k = −11→11
8564 measured reflections	l = −20→17

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) = 0.091	H-atom parameters constrained
S = 1.00	w = 1/[σ²(F_o²) + (0.0389P)² + 0.3283P] where P = (F_o² + 2F_c²)/3
5308 reflections	(Δ/σ)_max = 0.014
334 parameters	Δρ_max = 0.31 e Å⁻³
0 restraints	Δρ_min = −0.35 e Å⁻³

Crystal data top

[ZnCl₂(C₁₅H₁₂N₂)₂]	γ = 72.823 (1)°
M_r = 576.80	V = 1340.50 (14) Å³
Triclinic, P1	Z = 2
a = 9.2410 (6) Å	Mo Kα radiation
b = 9.2595 (5) Å	µ = 1.14 mm⁻¹
c = 16.4106 (10) Å	T = 296 K
α = 87.770 (1)°	0.40 × 0.30 × 0.30 mm
β = 88.819 (1)°

Data collection top

Bruker APEXII CCD area-detector diffractometer	5308 independent reflections
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2008)	4067 reflections with I > 2σ(I)
T_min = 0.658, T_max = 0.726	R_int = 0.025
8564 measured reflections

Refinement top

R[F² > 2σ(F²)] = 0.037	0 restraints
wR(F²) = 0.091	H-atom parameters constrained
S = 1.00	Δρ_max = 0.31 e Å⁻³
5308 reflections	Δρ_min = −0.35 e Å⁻³
334 parameters

Special details top

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.

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

	x	y	z	U_iso*/U_eq
Zn1	0.49124 (3)	1.09677 (3)	0.333749 (18)	0.04334 (11)
N3	0.5776 (2)	0.8683 (2)	0.33926 (13)	0.0451 (5)
N1	0.2746 (2)	1.1586 (2)	0.37469 (13)	0.0472 (5)
N2	0.0780 (2)	1.2196 (2)	0.45740 (13)	0.0452 (5)
N4	0.6993 (2)	0.6477 (2)	0.28944 (12)	0.0418 (5)
C28	0.6686 (3)	0.7984 (3)	0.28125 (16)	0.0466 (6)
H28A	0.7072	0.8475	0.2395	0.056*
C25	0.7889 (3)	0.5422 (3)	0.23310 (15)	0.0414 (6)
C10	−0.0104 (3)	1.2386 (3)	0.53170 (16)	0.0456 (6)
C7	−0.1776 (3)	1.2747 (3)	0.67615 (16)	0.0452 (6)
C22	0.9495 (3)	0.3553 (3)	0.11331 (15)	0.0420 (6)
C30	0.6209 (3)	0.6192 (3)	0.35697 (16)	0.0475 (6)
H30A	0.6190	0.5249	0.3778	0.057*
C26	0.7462 (3)	0.4182 (3)	0.21310 (17)	0.0476 (6)
H26A	0.6641	0.3970	0.2391	0.057*
C12	−0.0612 (3)	1.1433 (3)	0.66213 (17)	0.0506 (7)
H12A	−0.0385	1.0662	0.7021	0.061*
C27	0.8274 (3)	0.3254 (3)	0.15356 (17)	0.0487 (7)
H27A	0.7994	0.2407	0.1401	0.058*
C16	1.0323 (3)	0.2598 (3)	0.04652 (16)	0.0453 (6)
C24	0.9140 (3)	0.5714 (3)	0.19650 (16)	0.0483 (7)
H24A	0.9449	0.6530	0.2122	0.058*
C23	0.9918 (3)	0.4791 (3)	0.13708 (17)	0.0477 (6)
H23A	1.0750	0.4999	0.1120	0.057*
C6	−0.3160 (3)	1.4297 (3)	0.79101 (18)	0.0519 (7)
H6A	−0.2935	1.5135	0.7674	0.062*
C29	0.5470 (3)	0.7554 (3)	0.38738 (16)	0.0492 (6)
H29A	0.4851	0.7704	0.4336	0.059*
C11	0.0216 (3)	1.1242 (3)	0.59019 (17)	0.0523 (7)
H11A	0.0983	1.0349	0.5816	0.063*
C1	−0.2672 (3)	1.2918 (3)	0.75330 (16)	0.0447 (6)
C14	0.1475 (3)	1.2263 (3)	0.33028 (18)	0.0524 (7)
H14A	0.1455	1.2434	0.2740	0.063*
C8	−0.2076 (3)	1.3875 (3)	0.61520 (17)	0.0517 (7)
H8A	−0.2861	1.4759	0.6226	0.062*
C9	−0.1236 (3)	1.3713 (3)	0.54385 (17)	0.0509 (7)
H9A	−0.1432	1.4493	0.5044	0.061*
C2	−0.3043 (3)	1.1702 (3)	0.78962 (17)	0.0549 (7)
H2A	−0.2725	1.0767	0.7655	0.066*
C17	0.9543 (4)	0.2104 (3)	−0.01281 (18)	0.0578 (7)
H17A	0.8490	0.2377	−0.0108	0.069*
C15	0.2278 (3)	1.1556 (3)	0.45106 (17)	0.0511 (7)
H15A	0.2907	1.1144	0.4948	0.061*
C5	−0.3974 (3)	1.4436 (3)	0.86282 (19)	0.0605 (8)
H5A	−0.4282	1.5365	0.8876	0.073*
C4	−0.4337 (4)	1.3225 (4)	0.89823 (19)	0.0631 (8)
H4A	−0.4887	1.3327	0.9468	0.076*
C21	1.1894 (3)	0.2188 (3)	0.0417 (2)	0.0629 (8)
H21A	1.2441	0.2516	0.0802	0.075*
C13	0.0260 (3)	1.2647 (3)	0.38006 (17)	0.0550 (7)
H13A	−0.0737	1.3123	0.3650	0.066*
C3	−0.3876 (4)	1.1852 (3)	0.86102 (19)	0.0648 (8)
H3A	−0.4127	1.1025	0.8842	0.078*
C19	1.1853 (5)	0.0807 (4)	−0.0781 (2)	0.0785 (11)
H19A	1.2369	0.0203	−0.1197	0.094*
C18	1.0313 (5)	0.1212 (4)	−0.07452 (19)	0.0727 (10)
H18A	0.9780	0.0887	−0.1138	0.087*
C20	1.2645 (4)	0.1285 (4)	−0.0208 (2)	0.0775 (11)
H20A	1.3697	0.1002	−0.0237	0.093*
Cl2	0.62413 (8)	1.20582 (8)	0.41117 (4)	0.05347 (18)
Cl1	0.49053 (9)	1.16111 (8)	0.20162 (4)	0.05715 (19)

Atomic displacement parameters (Å²) top

	U¹¹	U²²	U³³	U¹²	U¹³	U²³
Zn1	0.04203 (18)	0.03878 (17)	0.04857 (19)	−0.01084 (13)	0.00502 (13)	−0.00512 (13)
N3	0.0478 (13)	0.0386 (11)	0.0492 (13)	−0.0136 (10)	0.0045 (10)	−0.0034 (10)
N1	0.0405 (12)	0.0491 (13)	0.0514 (14)	−0.0122 (10)	0.0002 (10)	−0.0024 (10)
N2	0.0361 (12)	0.0470 (12)	0.0510 (13)	−0.0098 (10)	0.0007 (10)	−0.0006 (10)
N4	0.0441 (12)	0.0333 (11)	0.0476 (12)	−0.0112 (9)	0.0013 (10)	0.0004 (9)
C28	0.0508 (16)	0.0366 (13)	0.0524 (16)	−0.0137 (12)	0.0069 (13)	0.0018 (12)
C25	0.0402 (14)	0.0333 (13)	0.0488 (15)	−0.0083 (11)	−0.0012 (11)	0.0006 (11)
C10	0.0345 (14)	0.0473 (15)	0.0549 (16)	−0.0118 (12)	0.0042 (12)	−0.0041 (12)
C7	0.0384 (14)	0.0457 (15)	0.0540 (16)	−0.0163 (12)	0.0006 (12)	−0.0039 (12)
C22	0.0388 (14)	0.0367 (13)	0.0499 (15)	−0.0105 (11)	−0.0033 (12)	0.0017 (11)
C30	0.0550 (16)	0.0392 (14)	0.0508 (16)	−0.0186 (13)	0.0026 (13)	0.0049 (12)
C26	0.0426 (15)	0.0400 (14)	0.0636 (18)	−0.0178 (12)	0.0088 (13)	−0.0035 (12)
C12	0.0483 (16)	0.0429 (15)	0.0568 (17)	−0.0083 (13)	0.0007 (13)	0.0026 (12)
C27	0.0476 (16)	0.0387 (14)	0.0646 (18)	−0.0195 (12)	0.0011 (13)	−0.0077 (12)
C16	0.0488 (16)	0.0374 (13)	0.0482 (15)	−0.0112 (12)	0.0033 (12)	0.0020 (11)
C24	0.0478 (16)	0.0431 (14)	0.0598 (17)	−0.0223 (13)	−0.0003 (13)	−0.0035 (13)
C23	0.0400 (14)	0.0460 (15)	0.0603 (17)	−0.0182 (12)	0.0048 (13)	−0.0004 (13)
C6	0.0478 (16)	0.0455 (15)	0.0633 (18)	−0.0151 (13)	0.0034 (14)	−0.0039 (13)
C29	0.0498 (16)	0.0513 (16)	0.0484 (16)	−0.0184 (13)	0.0058 (12)	−0.0016 (12)
C11	0.0436 (16)	0.0441 (15)	0.0628 (18)	−0.0031 (13)	0.0034 (13)	−0.0052 (13)
C1	0.0380 (14)	0.0466 (15)	0.0510 (16)	−0.0146 (12)	−0.0003 (12)	−0.0032 (12)
C14	0.0519 (17)	0.0507 (16)	0.0526 (16)	−0.0129 (14)	−0.0004 (14)	0.0039 (13)
C8	0.0433 (15)	0.0426 (15)	0.0662 (18)	−0.0085 (12)	0.0074 (14)	−0.0018 (13)
C9	0.0437 (15)	0.0459 (15)	0.0603 (18)	−0.0102 (13)	0.0029 (13)	0.0061 (13)
C2	0.0579 (18)	0.0512 (16)	0.0600 (18)	−0.0225 (14)	0.0058 (14)	−0.0088 (14)
C17	0.0657 (19)	0.0519 (17)	0.0575 (18)	−0.0206 (15)	−0.0001 (15)	0.0018 (14)
C15	0.0357 (14)	0.0621 (17)	0.0521 (17)	−0.0091 (13)	−0.0019 (12)	−0.0029 (13)
C5	0.0566 (18)	0.0575 (18)	0.067 (2)	−0.0145 (15)	0.0041 (15)	−0.0157 (15)
C4	0.065 (2)	0.072 (2)	0.0553 (18)	−0.0240 (17)	0.0111 (15)	−0.0064 (16)
C21	0.0498 (18)	0.0642 (19)	0.070 (2)	−0.0103 (15)	0.0076 (15)	0.0011 (16)
C13	0.0379 (15)	0.0604 (18)	0.0594 (18)	−0.0042 (13)	−0.0067 (13)	0.0069 (14)
C3	0.072 (2)	0.0609 (19)	0.066 (2)	−0.0288 (17)	0.0101 (17)	0.0021 (15)
C19	0.116 (3)	0.0500 (19)	0.064 (2)	−0.019 (2)	0.038 (2)	−0.0033 (16)
C18	0.112 (3)	0.0595 (19)	0.0515 (19)	−0.033 (2)	0.0074 (19)	−0.0057 (15)
C20	0.066 (2)	0.061 (2)	0.092 (3)	−0.0024 (18)	0.033 (2)	0.0075 (19)
Cl2	0.0559 (4)	0.0533 (4)	0.0553 (4)	−0.0217 (3)	−0.0010 (3)	−0.0073 (3)
Cl1	0.0716 (5)	0.0505 (4)	0.0496 (4)	−0.0188 (4)	0.0034 (3)	0.0002 (3)

Geometric parameters (Å, º) top

Zn1—N1	2.021 (2)	C16—C17	1.391 (4)
Zn1—N3	2.028 (2)	C24—C23	1.368 (3)
Zn1—Cl1	2.2258 (7)	C24—H24A	0.9300
Zn1—Cl2	2.2447 (8)	C23—H23A	0.9300
N3—C28	1.314 (3)	C6—C5	1.374 (4)
N3—C29	1.377 (3)	C6—C1	1.388 (4)
N1—C15	1.319 (3)	C6—H6A	0.9300
N1—C14	1.367 (3)	C29—H29A	0.9300
N2—C15	1.339 (3)	C11—H11A	0.9300
N2—C13	1.372 (3)	C1—C2	1.381 (4)
N2—C10	1.441 (3)	C14—C13	1.343 (4)
N4—C28	1.341 (3)	C14—H14A	0.9300
N4—C30	1.371 (3)	C8—C9	1.380 (4)
N4—C25	1.434 (3)	C8—H8A	0.9300
C28—H28A	0.9300	C9—H9A	0.9300
C25—C26	1.373 (3)	C2—C3	1.377 (4)
C25—C24	1.384 (3)	C2—H2A	0.9300
C10—C11	1.370 (4)	C17—C18	1.379 (4)
C10—C9	1.376 (3)	C17—H17A	0.9300
C7—C12	1.389 (3)	C15—H15A	0.9300
C7—C8	1.388 (4)	C5—C4	1.367 (4)
C7—C1	1.486 (3)	C5—H5A	0.9300
C22—C27	1.388 (3)	C4—C3	1.379 (4)
C22—C23	1.388 (3)	C4—H4A	0.9300
C22—C16	1.486 (3)	C21—C20	1.388 (4)
C30—C29	1.353 (4)	C21—H21A	0.9300
C30—H30A	0.9300	C13—H13A	0.9300
C26—C27	1.382 (3)	C3—H3A	0.9300
C26—H26A	0.9300	C19—C18	1.361 (5)
C12—C11	1.382 (4)	C19—C20	1.366 (5)
C12—H12A	0.9300	C19—H19A	0.9300
C27—H27A	0.9300	C18—H18A	0.9300
C16—C21	1.390 (4)	C20—H20A	0.9300

N1—Zn1—N3	110.09 (9)	C5—C6—C1	120.7 (3)
N1—Zn1—Cl1	108.12 (7)	C5—C6—H6A	119.7
N3—Zn1—Cl1	105.05 (6)	C1—C6—H6A	119.7
N1—Zn1—Cl2	107.94 (7)	C30—C29—N3	109.4 (2)
N3—Zn1—Cl2	111.23 (7)	C30—C29—H29A	125.3
Cl1—Zn1—Cl2	114.33 (3)	N3—C29—H29A	125.3
C28—N3—C29	105.4 (2)	C10—C11—C12	119.2 (2)
C28—N3—Zn1	120.15 (17)	C10—C11—H11A	120.4
C29—N3—Zn1	133.74 (17)	C12—C11—H11A	120.4
C15—N1—C14	105.6 (2)	C2—C1—C6	118.0 (2)
C15—N1—Zn1	127.00 (18)	C2—C1—C7	120.7 (2)
C14—N1—Zn1	127.06 (19)	C6—C1—C7	121.3 (2)
C15—N2—C13	106.9 (2)	C13—C14—N1	109.8 (2)
C15—N2—C10	126.2 (2)	C13—C14—H14A	125.1
C13—N2—C10	126.9 (2)	N1—C14—H14A	125.1
C28—N4—C30	106.8 (2)	C9—C8—C7	121.5 (2)
C28—N4—C25	124.6 (2)	C9—C8—H8A	119.3
C30—N4—C25	128.4 (2)	C7—C8—H8A	119.3
N3—C28—N4	111.9 (2)	C10—C9—C8	119.3 (3)
N3—C28—H28A	124.0	C10—C9—H9A	120.3
N4—C28—H28A	124.0	C8—C9—H9A	120.3
C26—C25—C24	120.8 (2)	C3—C2—C1	121.1 (3)
C26—C25—N4	120.1 (2)	C3—C2—H2A	119.5
C24—C25—N4	119.0 (2)	C1—C2—H2A	119.5
C11—C10—C9	120.8 (2)	C18—C17—C16	120.7 (3)
C11—C10—N2	119.1 (2)	C18—C17—H17A	119.6
C9—C10—N2	120.0 (2)	C16—C17—H17A	119.6
C12—C7—C8	117.5 (2)	N1—C15—N2	111.3 (2)
C12—C7—C1	120.8 (2)	N1—C15—H15A	124.4
C8—C7—C1	121.7 (2)	N2—C15—H15A	124.4
C27—C22—C23	117.6 (2)	C4—C5—C6	120.8 (3)
C27—C22—C16	121.7 (2)	C4—C5—H5A	119.6
C23—C22—C16	120.6 (2)	C6—C5—H5A	119.6
C29—C30—N4	106.4 (2)	C5—C4—C3	119.2 (3)
C29—C30—H30A	126.8	C5—C4—H4A	120.4
N4—C30—H30A	126.8	C3—C4—H4A	120.4
C25—C26—C27	118.8 (2)	C16—C21—C20	119.7 (3)
C25—C26—H26A	120.6	C16—C21—H21A	120.2
C27—C26—H26A	120.6	C20—C21—H21A	120.2
C11—C12—C7	121.6 (3)	C14—C13—N2	106.4 (2)
C11—C12—H12A	119.2	C14—C13—H13A	126.8
C7—C12—H12A	119.2	N2—C13—H13A	126.8
C26—C27—C22	121.7 (2)	C2—C3—C4	120.2 (3)
C26—C27—H27A	119.1	C2—C3—H3A	119.9
C22—C27—H27A	119.1	C4—C3—H3A	119.9
C21—C16—C17	118.5 (3)	C18—C19—C20	120.3 (3)
C21—C16—C22	120.6 (3)	C18—C19—H19A	119.9
C17—C16—C22	120.8 (2)	C20—C19—H19A	119.9
C23—C24—C25	119.4 (2)	C19—C18—C17	120.1 (3)
C23—C24—H24A	120.3	C19—C18—H18A	119.9
C25—C24—H24A	120.3	C17—C18—H18A	119.9
C24—C23—C22	121.5 (2)	C19—C20—C21	120.7 (3)
C24—C23—H23A	119.2	C19—C20—H20A	119.7
C22—C23—H23A	119.2	C21—C20—H20A	119.7

Selected bond lengths (Å) top

Zn1—N1	2.021 (2)	Zn1—Cl1	2.2258 (7)
Zn1—N3	2.028 (2)	Zn1—Cl2	2.2447 (8)

Experimental details

Crystal data
Chemical formula	[ZnCl₂(C₁₅H₁₂N₂)₂]
M_r	576.80
Crystal system, space group	Triclinic, P1
Temperature (K)	296
a, b, c (Å)	9.2410 (6), 9.2595 (5), 16.4106 (10)
α, β, γ (°)	87.770 (1), 88.819 (1), 72.823 (1)
V (Å³)	1340.50 (14)
Z	2
Radiation type	Mo Kα
µ (mm⁻¹)	1.14
Crystal size (mm)	0.40 × 0.30 × 0.30

Data collection
Diffractometer	Bruker APEXII CCD area-detector diffractometer
Absorption correction	Multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2008)
T_min, T_max	0.658, 0.726
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections	8564, 5308, 4067
R_int	0.025
(sin θ/λ)_max (Å⁻¹)	0.619

Refinement
R[F² > 2σ(F²)], wR(F²), S	0.037, 0.091, 1.00
No. of reflections	5308
No. of parameters	334
H-atom treatment	H-atom parameters constrained
Δρ_max, Δρ_min (e Å⁻³)	0.31, −0.35

Computer programs: APEX2 (Bruker, 2008), SAINT (Bruker, 2008), SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), DIAMOND (Brandenburg, 2006), publCIF (Westrip, 2010).

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