title: {2,2'-[(1,2-Di-cyano-ethene-1,2-di-yl)bis-(nitrilo-methanylyl-idyne)]diphenolato-κ(4) O,N,N',O'}(methanol-κO)zinc.
abstract: In the title complex, [Zn(C18H10N4O2)(CH4O)], the Zn(2+) cation is located on a mirror plane and is coordinated by a tetradentate Schiff base ligand anion (L (2-)) and a methanol mol-ecule. The Zn(2+) cation is surrounded by two N atoms and two O atoms from L (2-), in a nearly planar configuration, and one methanol O atom, forming a slightly distorted square-pyramidal geometry. The methanol molecule is disordered over two sets of sites in a 0.5:0.5 ratio. In the crystal, O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the mol-ecules into chains parallel to [001].
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Zhi-Chun
authors.initials: ZC
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: Shu-Zhong
authors.initials: SZ
authors.lastname: Zhan
references.citation: Acta Crystallogr A. 2008 Jan;64(Pt 1):112-22
references.pmid: 18156677