Bis(isoquinolin-2-ium) tetra-chlorido-zincate dihydrate.

Elumalai Govindan,Kanniah Rajkumar,Arunachalam Subbiahpandi,Subramani Thirumurugan,Krishnamoorthy Anbalagan

doi:10.1107/s1600536814015682

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Abstract

In the title compound, (C9H8N)2[ZnCl4]·2H2O, the tetrachloridozincate ion is located on a twofold rotation axis with the Zn atom on a special position. The crystal packing is stabilized by N—H⋯O and O—H⋯Cl interactions.

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In the title compound, (C9H8N)2[ZnCl4]Á2H2O, the tetrachloridozincate ion is located on a twofold rotation axis with the Zn atom on a special position
The crystal packing is stabilized by N—HÁ Á ÁO and O—HÁ Á ÁCl interactions
The authors are thankful to Department of Chemistry, Pondicherry University, for the singlecrystal XRD instrumentation facility

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Elumalai Govindan,a Subramani Thirumurugan,b Kanniah Rajkumar,b Krishnamoorthy Anbalaganb and Arunachalam SubbiahPandia*. Received 6 April 2014; accepted 5 July 2014 Edited by M. Key indicators: single-crystal X-ray study; T = 293 K; mean (C–C) = 0.005 A; R factor = 0.033; wR factor = 0.088; data-to-parameter ratio = 14.4. In the title compound, (C9H8N)2[ZnCl4]Á2H2O, the tetrachloridozincate ion is located on a twofold rotation axis with the Zn atom on a special position. The crystal packing is stabilized by N—HÁ Á ÁO and O—HÁ Á ÁCl interactions. Related literature For the synthesis of the title compound, see: Anbalagan & Lydia (2011). For applications of isoquinoline derivatives, see: Katritsky & Pozharskii (2000). For a description of the Cambridge Crystallographic Database, see: Allen (2002)

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