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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{N'-[phen-yl(pyridin-2-yl-κN)methyl-idene]isonicotinohydrazide-κ(2)N',O}zinc
Adama Sy1, Moussa Dieng, Ibrahima Elhadj Thiam
1Département de Chimie, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal.
Abstract:
The title compound, [ZnCl(2)(C(18)H(14)N(4)O)], crystallizes with two mol-ecules in the asymmetric unit, which differ in the tautomeric (neutral and zwitterionic) forms of the coordin-ating organic ligand. In both mol-ecules, the Zn(II) atom adopts a distorted square-pyramidal geometry by two N and one O atoms of the Schiff base ligand and two Cl atoms acting as monodentate chloride anions. The crystal packing is stabilized by N-H⋯N and N-H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds, forming a two-dimensional network parallel to the ac plane.
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