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In the title compound, [Zn(C(8)H(10)N(3)O(2))(2)], the Zn atom displays a highly distorted octahedral coordination involving O and N atoms of two bidentate planar ligands approximately orthogonal to each other; the dihedral angle between the ligand planes is 84.95 (4) degrees. The ligand molecules show great asymmetry in their bonding to the Zn(2+) ion, with Zn-O bond distances ranging between 2.056 (2) and 2.534 (2) A. The planar phenyl ring and the trigonal-planar geometry about the triazene N atom bonded to the phenyl ring suggest a resonance interaction extending over adjacent atoms.
Mukherjee
AK
Department of Physics, Jadavpur University, Calcutta 700 032, India. sspmm@mahendra.iacs.res.in.
Samanta
C
Mukherjee
M
Helliwell
M