title: Bis[μ-1,3-bis(4,5-dihydroimidazol-2-yl)benzene-κN:N']bis[dichloridozinc(II)] N,N'-dimethylformamide disolvate.
abstract: The title compound, [Zn(2)Cl(4)(C(12)H(14)N(4))(2)]·2C(3)H(7)NO, is located on a centre of inversion with one half of a complex mol-ecule and one dimethyl-formamide solvent mol-ecule in the asymmetric unit. The Zn(II) ion is tetra-hedrally coordinated by two organic ligands and two chloride ions. Each organic ligand acts as a bidentate ligand, connecting two Zn(II) ions, resulting in a dimeric [2:2] metallamacrocyclic structure. Adjacent mol-ecules are further linked by N-H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds and the solvent is linked to the complex by N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds.
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Ya-Wen
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yan-Yan
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Gong
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhang