(4′-Phenyl-2,2′:6′,2′′-terpyridine-κ3N,N′,N′′)bis(thiocyanato-κN)zinc(II) unknown solvate

Abstract

The title compound, [Zn(NCS)2(C21H15N3)], crystallizes with three independent complex molecules in the asymmetric unit. In each complex molecule, the ZnIIatom is coordinated by three N atoms of a 4′-phenyl-2,2′:6′,2′′-terpyridine ligand, and by the N atoms of two NCS−anions. The ZnIIatoms are therefore five-coordinate, ZnN5, with distorted square-pyramidal geometries. In the crystal, the three independent molecules are linked by a series of offset π–π interactions [intercentroid distances vary between 3.680 (5) and 3.791 (5) Å], forming columns along thea-axis direction. The columns are linkedviaC—H...S interactions, forming a fence-like arrangement parallel to theabplane. A small region of disordered electron density was corrected for using the SQUEEZE routine inPLATON[Spek (2015).Acta Cryst.C71, 9–18], but the formula mass and unit-cell characteristics were not taken into account during the refinement.