title: catena-Poly[[dichloridozinc(II)]-μ-1,1'-(butane-1,4-di-yl)diimidazole-κN:N].
abstract: The title compound, [ZnCl(2)(C(10)H(14)N(4))](n), is a coordination polymer consisting of zigzag chains propagating in [001], in which the metal cation exhibits a distorted tetrahedral ZnCl(2)N(2) coordination. Adjacent chains are linked by inter-molecular C-H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds, forming a three-dimensional supra-molecular network.
authors.affiliation: The State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Ren-Ling
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Fan-Jin
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.forename: Guan-Hua
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Jing-Wei
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Xu