Bis[μ-bis-(pyridin-2-yl)methanone oxime-κ3N:,N',N'']bis-[di-acetato-κ2O,O';κO-zinc(II)].

Abstract

The structure of the title complex, [Zn2(C2H3O2)4(C11H9N3O)2], is triclinic containing half of the mol-ecule in the asymmetric unit. Each zinc atom is coordinated to a pyridyl and oxime nitro-gen from one di-2-pyridyl ketone oxime (dpko) ligand and a third nitro-gen from the other dpko pyridyl ring. Additionally, each zinc is coordinated to two acetato anions, one of which is bidentate and the other monodentate. The uncoordinated oxygen of the monodentate acetato group is involved in a hydrogen bond with the oxime hydrogen. The packing in the crystal is assisted by weak C-H⋯O inter-actions between acetato groups and neighboring pyridyl rings.