Di-μ-chlorido-bis-{[2-({[2-(2-pyrid-yl)eth-yl](2-pyridylmeth-yl)amino}meth-yl)phenol]zinc(II)} bis-(perchlorate) dihydrate.

The title compound, Zn(2)Cl(2)(C(20)H(21)N(3)O)(2)(2)·2H(2)O, consists of a dinuclear Zn(II) cationic complex, two disordered perchlorate anions and two water mol-ecules as solvate. The Zn(2)(μ-Cl)(2)(HL)(2)cation [HL is 2-({2-(2-pyrid-yl)eth-ylamino}meth-yl)phenol] has a centrosymmetric structure with the Zn(II) ions in a distorted octa-hedral environment surrounded by an N(3)OCl(2) donor set. HL acts as a tetra-dentate ligand through three N atoms from one amine group and two pyridyl arms and one O atom from the phenolic arm. The three N-donor sites of the HL ligand are arranged in meridional fashion, with the pyridine rings coordinated in trans positions with respect to each other. Consequently, the amine and phenol groups are trans to the asymmetric di-μ-chlorido exogenous bridges. A polymeric chain is formed along [010] by C(12)R(4) (2)(8) inter-molecular hydrogen bonding. The perchlorate anion is disordered and was modelled by two sites in a 0.345 (18):0.655 (18) ratio. Water-perchlorate O-H⋯O inter-actions form cyclic structures, while phenol-water O-H⋯O inter-actions generate an infinite chain. In addition, weak inter-molecular C-H⋯π(Ph) inter-actions between pyridine donor and phenol acceptor groups of neighboring cations build a two-dimensional polymeric structure parallel to (110).