title: Catena-poly[[dichlorozinc(II)]-micro-1,3-di-4-pyridylpropane-kappa(2)N:N'].
abstract: The title compound, [ZnCl(2)(bpp)](n) (where bpp is 1,3-di-4-pyridylpropane, C(13)H(14)N(2)), has been prepared by the hydrothermal reaction of ZnCl(2) and bpp at 433 K. The Zn, Cl and central propyl C atom lie on the mirrors of the P2(1)/m space group. The molecular structure shows a weave-like polymeric chain. Each Zn atom is coordinated by two N atoms and two Cl atoms in a distorted tetrahedral geometry, with the Zn-N distance being 2.055 (5) A and the Zn-Cl distances being 2.239 (3) and 2.247 (2) A.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yu Biao
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Ye Yan
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.forename: Zhao Ji
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jian Kai
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Rui Feng
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Yi Hang
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.forename: Yuan Gen
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Yao