Author(s)

Mahjouba Ben Nasr¹, Erwann Jeanneau², Chérif Ben Nasr^1*

¹Université de Carthage, Laboratoire de Chimie des Matériaux, Faculté des Sciences de Bizerte, Zarzouna, Tunisie.
²Centre Diffractométrie Henri Longchambon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France.

A new Zn(II) complex with the monodentate ligand methyl-(2-pyridin-2-yl-ethyl)-ammonium, ZnCl₃C₈H₁₃N₂, has been prepared and characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction. The Zn(II) ion is tetracoordinated by one nitrogen atom of organic ligand and three chlorine ligands. In the atomic arrangement, the ZnNCl₃ tetrahedra form corrugated chains extending along the b-axis. The organic entities are located between these chains through N-H···Cl, C-H···Cl and C-H···N hydrogen bonds to form layers parallel to (b, c) plan. Among these hydrogen bonds two are bifurcated.

X-Ray Diffraction, Coordination Compound, Zinc Complex

Ben Nasr, M. , Jeanneau, E. and Ben Nasr, C. (2015) Crystal Structure of ZnCl₃ (Methyl-(2-Pyridin-2-yl-Ethyl)-Ammonium). American Journal of Analytical Chemistry, 6, 189-195. doi: 10.4236/ajac.2015.63017.