Diphenyldipyridinezinc(II): partial spontaneous resolution of an organometallic reagent.
The title compound, [Zn(C(6)H(5))(2)(C(5)H(5)N)(2)], (I), forms conformationally chiral molecules residing on a twofold axis. The molecules are stacked along c, and these stacks are associated by edge-to-face pi-pi interactions. Crystals of (I) belong to the Sohncke space group P2(1)2(1)2 and the crystal lattice of (I) is chiral. The crystal batch that was examined consisted of a mixture of enantiomerically pure crystals and crystals twinned by inversion.
Lennartson
Anders
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Department of Chemistry, University of Gothenburg, SE-412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden. anle@chem.gu.se
Håkansson
Mikael
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