title: Crystal structure of [2-({4-[2,6-bis(pyri-din-2-yl)pyri-din-4-yl]phenyl}(methyl)amino)-ethanol-κ(3) N,N',N'']bis-(thio-cyan-ato-κN)zinc N,N-di-methyl-formamide monosolvate.
abstract: In the title compound, [Zn(NCS)2(C24H22N4O)]·C3H7NO, the Zn(II) cation is N,N',N''-chelated by one 2-({4-[2,6-bis-(pyridin-2-yl)pyridin-4-yl]phen-yl}(meth-yl)amino)-ethanol ligand and coordinated by two thio-cyanate anions in a distorted N5 trigonal-bipyramidal geometry. In the mol-ecule, the three pyridine rings are approximately coplanar [maximum deviation = 0.026 (5) Å], and the mean plane of the three pyridine rings is twisted to the benzene ring with a small dihedral angle of 5.9 (2)°. In the crystal, complex mol-ecules are linked by weak C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds into supra-molecular chains propagated along [110]; π-π stacking is observed between adjacent chains [centroid-centroid distance = 3.678 (4) Å]. The di-methyl-formamide solvent mol-ecules are linked with the complex chains via weak C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Anhui University, Hefei 230039, People's Republic of China, Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Materials Chemistry, Hefei 230039, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Shi-Chao
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Anhui University, Hefei 230039, People's Republic of China, Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Materials Chemistry, Hefei 230039, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Rou-Chen
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Anhui University, Hefei 230039, People's Republic of China, Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Materials Chemistry, Hefei 230039, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Wan-Ying
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Anhui University, Hefei 230039, People's Republic of China, Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Materials Chemistry, Hefei 230039, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Sheng-Li
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Li
keywords: crystal structure; hydrogen bonding; thio­cyanate ligand; zinc complex; π–π stacking