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Thermochemical Studies of Ni(II) and Zn(II) Ternary Complexes Using Ion Mobility-Mass Spectrometry
Published on: June 8, 2022
Dichlorido(2,9-dieth-oxy-1,10-phenanthroline-κN,N')zinc(II)
Cao-Yuan Niu1, Yu-Li Dang, Xin-Sheng Wan
1College of Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
All non-H atoms except for the Cl atoms lie on a mirror plane in the title complex, [ZnCl(2)(C(16)H(16)N(2)O(2))]. The Zn(II) ion is coordinated by two N atoms from a bis-chelating 2,9-dieth-oxy-1,10-phenanthroline ligand and two symmetry-related Cl atoms in a distorted tetra-hedral environment. The two Zn-N bond lengths are significantly different from each other and the N-Zn-N angle is acute. In the crystal structure, there are weak but significant π-π stacking inter-actions between phenanthroline rings, with a centroid-centroid distance of 3.764 (1) Å.
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