Structure Reports Online

Volume 68, Part 2 (February 2012)

metal-organic compounds

hy2499 scheme

Acta Cryst. (2012). E68, m131 [ doi:10.1107/S1600536811055462 ]

Bis(10-methoxybenzo[h]quinolinium) tetrachloridozinc

Z. Dong and B. Liu

Abstract: In the title compound, (C₁₄H₁₂NO)₂[ZnCl₄], the benzo[h]quinolinium groups are approximately planar, with maximum deviations of 0.049 (8) and 0.056 (9) Å. The methoxy groups are stabilized by intramolecular N-HO hydrogen bonds. The structure also exhibits weak intermolecular N-HCl hydrogen bonds between the cations and anions. [pi] - [pi] interactions are present between the pyridinium and benzene rings [centroid-centroid distances = 3.640 (4), 3.728 (5) and 3.628 (5) Å].