Dichlorido[1-(1-naphthylmethyl)-3-(2-pyridyl)-1H-pyrazole-κ2N2,N3]zinc(II)

Abstract

In the title compound, [ZnCl2(C19H15N3)], the ZnII atom is four-coordinated by two N atoms from the 1-(1-naphthyl­meth­yl)-3-(2-pyrid­yl)-1H-pyrazole (L) ligand and two terminal Cl atoms in a distorted tetra­hedral coordination environment. In the crystal structure, inversion-related ZnII mononuclear units are linked to form dimers through π–π stacking inter­actions between the pyridine and pyrazole rings, the centroid–centroid distance being 3.5166 (19) Å. The dimers are inter­linked to form a chain along the a axis by C—H⋯π inter­actions involving both benzene rings of the L ligand.