(2-{[2-(1H-Benzimidazol-2-yl-κN)phen-yl]imino-methyl-κN}-5-methyl-phenolato-κO)chloridozinc(II).

ABSTRACT

In the title mononuclear complex, [Zn(C(21)H(16)N(3)O)Cl], the Zn(II) ion is coordinated in a distorted tetra-hedral geometry by two benzimidazole N atoms and one phenolate O atom from the tridentate Schiff base ligand and a chloride ligand. The benzimidazole ring system forms dihedral angles of 26.68 (9) and 56.16 (9)° with the adjacent benzene ring and the methyl-phenolate group benzene ring, respectively. In the crystal, mol-ecules are linked by N-H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds into chains along [100]. Furthermore, weak C-H⋯O and C-H⋯π inter-actions, in addition to π-π inter-actions with centroid-centroid distances in the range 3.5826 (13)-3.9681 (13) Å, are also observed.