title: Tetra-μ-benzoato-bis-{[trans-1-(2-pyrid-yl)-2-(4-pyrid-yl)ethyl-ene]zinc(II)}.
abstract: The paddle-wheel-type centrosymmetric dinuclear title complex, [Zn(2)(C(7)H(5)O(2))(4)(C(12)H(10)N(2))(2)], contains four bridging benzoate groups and two terminal trans-1-(2-pyrid-yl)-2-(4-pyrid-yl)ethyl-ene (L) ligands. The inversion center is located between the two Zn(II) atoms. The octa-hedral coordination around the Zn(II) atom, with four O atoms in the equatorial plane, is completed by an N atom of the L mol-ecule [Zn-N = 2.0198 (15) Å] and by the second Zn(II) atom [Zn⋯Zn = 2.971 (8) Å]. The Zn(II) atom is 0.372 Å out of the plane of the four coordinating O atoms.
authors.forename: Young Joo
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Soo-Won
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Kyung Hwan
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: Cheal
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Youngmee
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kim