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Chlorido(8-hy-droxy-quinoline-κN,O)(quinolin-8-olato-κN,O)zinc methanol monosolvate
Acta Crystallographica. Section E, Structure Reports Online
|November 8, 2011
Abstract:
In the title compound, [Zn(C(9)H(6)NO)Cl(C(9)H(7)NO)]·CH(3)OH, the Zn(II) ion is N,O-chelated by both a neutral and a deprotonated quinolin-8-ol ligand, with a chloride ligand in the apical site completing the square-pyramidal coordination geometry. The Zn(II) ion is displaced by 0.586 Å in the direction of the chloride ligand from the atoms forming the square plane. In the crystal, the components are linked by inter-molecular O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, generating chains along the b axis.
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