Synthesis and Crystal Structure of Bis{2-bromo-4-chloro-6-[(2-isopropylammonioethylimino)-methyl]phenolato}bisthiocyanatozinc(Ⅱ)

A Schiff base zinc(Ⅱ) complex [Zn(C12H16BrClN2O)2(NCS)2] was prepared and characterized by elemental analysis,IR and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The crystal belongs to the triclinic system,space group P1 with a=8.414(1),b=9.124(1),c=22.212(3),α=79.177(2),β=86.296(2),γ=89.899(2)o,V=1671.3(4)3,Z=2,Dc=1.631 g/cm3,Mr=820.79,λ(MoKα)= 0.71073,μ=3.444 mm-1,F(000)=824,R=0.0646 and wR=0.1179. A total of 7371 unique reflections were collected,of which 3904 with I > 2σ(I) were observed. The complex crystallizes with two half-molecules per asymmetric unit and each mononuclear molecule is centrosymmetric. The Zn atom lying at the inversion centre is six-coordinated in a slightly distorted octahedral geometry by two phenolate O atoms and two imine N atoms from two Schiff base ligands,as well as two N atoms from two thiocyanate anions. In the crystal structure,the combination of π-π stacking interactions and intermolecular hydrogen bonds (N–H…Br,N–H…O,N–H…N,C–H…O,C–H…S and C–H…Cl) leads to a three-dimensional network.