N,N′-Bis(3-aminopropyl)ethylenediamine]disaccharinatozinc(II) monohydrate

Abstract

In the title complex, [Zn(C7H4NO3S)2(C8H22N4)]·H2O or [Zn(sac)2(paen)]·H2O [sac = saccharinate and paen = N,N′-bis(3-aminopropyl)ethylenediamine], the zinc cation is octahedrally coordinated. The equatorial plane of the octahedron is formed by N atoms of the paen ligand, whereas the axial positions are occupied by the carbonyl O atoms of the two sac ligands. One of the sulfonyl groups of the sac ligands shows disorder and was modelled with two different orientations and site occupancies of 0:38 (1):0.62 (1). The molecular packing is stabilized by intermolecular O—H...O and N—H...O hydrogen bonds between water molecules and neighbouring [Zn(sac)2(paen)] molecules, which form chains running parallel to [010]. The crystal used was an inversion twin.