title: Dichlorobis(1-ethylimidazole)zinc(II).
abstract: The Zn atom in the structure of the title compound, [ZnCl(2)(C(5)N(2)H(8))(2)], exhibits a distorted tetrahedral geometry and is coordinated by two Cl and two N atoms, with Zn-Cl distances of 2.2519 (2) and 2.2531 (2) Å, and Zn-N distances of 1.9998 (7) and 2.0087 (7) Å. The angles Cl-Zn-Cl and N-Zn-N are 114.742 (9) and 108.50 (3)°, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556. E-mail: scheidt.1@nd.edu.
authors.forename: Jianfeng
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Bruce C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Noll
authors.forename: W Robert
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Scheidt