Tris(1,10-phenanthroline-κN,N')zinc(II) chloride 2-phenyl-4-selenazole-5-car-box-yl-ate decahydrate.

ABSTRACT

The asymmetric unit of the title salt, [Zn(C(12)H(8)N(2))(3)](C(10)H(6)NO(2)Se)Cl·10H(2)O, contains a [Zn(phen)(3)](2+) cation (phen is 1,10-phenanthroline), uncoordinated chloride and 2-phenyl-4-selenazole-5-carboxyl-ate anions and ten uncoord-in-ated water mol-ecules. The central Zn(II) ion is six-coordinated by six N atoms from three phen ligands in a distorted octa-hedral geometry. An extensive O-H⋯O, O-H⋯N and O-H⋯Cl hydrogen-bonding network stabilizes the crystal structure.