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Published on: April 14, 2020
Directed anisotropy in bis(acetato-kappa2O,O')diaquazinc(II) at 110 and 250 K
1Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Crystal and Structural Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands. m.lutz@uu.nl
Abstract:
The molecule of the title compound, [Zn(C(2)H(3)O(2))(2)(H(2)O)(2)], is located on a twofold axis in the crystal structure. The displacement parameters and the thermal expansion of the crystal show significant anisotropy. This is explained by the two-dimensional hydrogen-bonded structure, with only very weak interactions perpendicular to it. Besides the overall molecular motion, there are internal vibrations, which cause the Zn-O(carboxylate) bonds to fail the Hirshfeld rigid-bond test. It is shown that this can be interpreted in terms of the steric strain in the four-membered chelate ring due to the bidentate carboxylate coordination.
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