Sun Chen-Guang, Song Ji-Rong
School of Chemical Engineering, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China.
Acta Crystallogr Sect E Struct Rep Online. 2012 Apr 1;68(Pt 4):m520. doi: 10.1107/S1600536812012706. Epub 2012 Mar 31.
In the title complex, Zn(C(10)H(8)N(5))Cl, the Zn(II) ion is four-coordinated by one Cl atom and three N atoms from two in situ-generated deprotonated 5-(1-methyl-1H-benzimidazol-2-yl-κN(3))-1,2,3-triazol-1-ide ligands in a slightly distorted tetra-hedral geometry. The Zn(II) ions are bridged by the ligands, forming a helical chain along [001]. C-H⋯N and C-H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds and π-π inter-actions between the imidazole rings [centroid-centroid distance = 3.4244 (10) Å] assemble the chains into a three-dimensional supra-molecular network.