Research Article: Dibromido(2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline-κ2N,N′)zinc

Date Published: June 01, 2012

Publisher: International Union of Crystallography

Author(s): Ali Dehghani, Mostafa M. Amini, Ezzatollah Najafi, Azadeh Tadjarodi, Behrouz Notash.

http://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536812022738

Abstract

The reaction of equimolar amounts of zinc bromide and 2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline in dry methanol provided the title compound, [ZnBr2(C14H12N2)], in good yield. The ZnII ion is coordinated in a distorted tetra­hedral environment by two N atoms from the chelating 2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline ligand and two bromide ions. There is inter­molecular π–π stacking between adjacent phenanthroline units, with centroid–centroid distances of 3.594 (3) and 3.652 (3) Å.

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For similiar structures, see: Seebacher et al. (2004 ▶); Harvey et al. (1999 ▶); Jordan et al. (1991 ▶); Pallenberg et al. (1997 ▶).

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http://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536812022738