title: Bis{μ-2-[(2-oxidobenzyl-idene)amino-meth-yl]phenolato-κO,N,O'}bis-[(pyridine-κN)zinc(II)].
abstract: In the title centrosymmetric zinc(II) complex, [Zn(2)(C(4)H(13)NO(2))(2)(C(6)H(5)N)(2)], each Zn(II) atom is coordinated by two 2-[(2-oxidobenzyl-idene)amino-meth-yl]phenolate (L) ligands and one pyridine (py) mol-ecule in a distorted trigonal-bipyramidal geometry. Each L ligand behaves as a tridentate ligand and provides a phenolate oxygen bridge which links the two Zn(II) atoms. The ZnL(py) units are linked by π-π inter-actions between adjacent pyridine mol-ecules, with a centroid-centroid distance of 3.724 Å, resulting in a two-dimensional structure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Chun
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Ou-Yang
authors.initials: OY
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Qing-Lun
authors.initials: QL
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Dai-Zheng
authors.initials: DZ
authors.lastname: Liao