title: Crystal structure and luminescent properties of [1-(biphenyl-4-yl)-1H-imidazole-κN (3)]di-chloridozinc.
abstract: The mononuclear title compound, [ZnCl2(C15H12N2)2], was synthesized by reaction of zinc chloride and 1-(biphenyl-4-yl)-1H-imidazole (bpi) under hydro-thermal conditions. The Zn(II) atom is tetra-hedrally coordinated by the free imidazole N atoms of two bpi ligands and by two Cl atoms. The bpi ligands are not planar, with dihedral angles of 37.52 (14) and 42.45 (14)° between the phenyl rings and 37.13 (14) and 40.05 (14)° between the phenyl rings and the attached imidazole rings, respectively. Mutual π-π inter-actions, with a centroid-to-centroid distance of 3.751 (2) Å between the phenyl and imidazole rings of neighbouring ligands, are present, leading to dimers that are arranged in rows parallel to [-211].
authors.affiliation: Changchun University of Science & Technology, School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Changchun 130022, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Xiao-Xiao
authors.initials: XX
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Changchun University of Science & Technology, School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Changchun 130022, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
keywords: crystal structure; luminescent properties; zinc coordination complex; π–π inter­actions
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