title: Crystal structure of di-chlorido-bis-(4-ethyl-aniline-κN)zinc.
abstract: The title compound, [ZnCl2(C8H11N)2], was synthesized by the reaction of zinc dichloride and 4-ethyl-aniline. The Zn(2+) cation is coordinated by two Cl(-) anions and the N atoms of two 4-ethyl-aniline ligands, forming a distorted Zn(N2Cl2) tetra-hedron. The dihedral angle between the two benzene rings is 85.3 (2)° The Zn atom lies on a twofold rotation axis. The ethyl substituents are disordered over two sets of sites in a 0.74 (2):0.26 (2) ratio. In the crystal, N-H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds link the mol-ecules into sheets perpendicular to the a axis. C-H⋯Cl inter-actions also occur.
authors: Department of Physics, Pachaiyappa's College for Men, Kanchipuram 631 501, India.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Govindaraj
authors: Department of Chemistry, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry 605 014, India.
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Thirumurugan
authors: Department of Chemistry, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry 605 014, India.
authors: D Snehalatha
authors: DS
authors: Reddy
authors: Department of Chemistry, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry 605 014, India.
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Anbalagan
authors: Department of Physics, Presidency College (Autonomous), Chennai 600 005, India.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: SubbiahPandi
keywords: crystal structure; hydrogen bonding; tetra­hedral coordination; zinc complex