title: Diaqua-bis-{3-[4-(1H-imidazol-1-yl)phenyl]-5-(pyridin-2-yl-κN)-1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-ido-κN(1)}zinc.
abstract: The centrosymmetric mol-ecule of the title compound, [Zn(C(16)H(11)N(6))(2)(H(2)O)(2)], contains one Zn(2+) ion located on a center of symmetry, two 3-[4-(1H-imidazol-1-yl)phen-yl]-5-(pyridin-2-yl)-1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-ide (Ippyt) ligands and two coordinating water mol-ecules. The Zn(II) ion is six-coordinated in a distorted octa-hedral coordination geometry by four N atoms from two Ippyt ligands and by two O atoms from two water mol-ecules. Adjacent units are inter-connected though O-H⋯N hydrogen bonds, forming a three-dimensional network.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, College of Life Science and Bioengineering, SouthWest JiaoTong University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610031,  People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: You-Song
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Guang-Mei
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Qiu
authors.forename: Cui-Juan
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Wang