title: Diacetatobis[1,3-bis-(benzimidazol-2-yl)benzene]zinc(II) dihydrate.
abstract: In the title complex, [Zn(CH(3)COO)(2)(C(20)H(14)N(4))(2)]·2H(2)O, the Zn(II) atom, which lies on a crystallographic twofold axis, is coordinated by two O atoms of two acetate ligands and two N atoms from two 1,3-bis-(benzimidazol-2-yl)benzene ligands in a distorted tetra-hedral geometry. The complex mol-ecules and solvent water mol-ecules are connected via O-H⋯N, O-H⋯O and N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming a three-dimensional network.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Huangshi Institute of Technology, Huangshi 435003, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Fa-Yan
authors.initials: FY
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Teng
authors.forename: Xue Mei
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Bi Lin
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jiao