Bis(2-amino-1,3-benzothiazole-κN3)dichloridozinc(II) ethanol hemisolvate

In the title compound, [ZnCl2(C7H6N2S)(2)]center dot 0.5CH(3)CH(2)OH, the Zn-II atom is coordinated by two N atoms of two 2-aminobenzothiazole ligands and two Cl atoms within a distorted tetrahedral geometry. The dihedral angle between the N/Zn/N and Cl/Zn/Cl planes is 86.22 (7)degrees. The benzothiazole molecules are almost perpendicular to each other, forming a dihedral angle of 80.20 (8)degrees. The molecular structure is stabilized by intramolecular N-H center dot center dot center dot Cl hydrogen bonds. In the crystal, intermolecular N-H center dot center dot center dot Cl hydrogen bonds link the molecules into a three-dimensional network. The SQUEEZE procedure in PLATON [Spek (2009). Acta Cryst. D65, 148-155] was used to model a disordered ethanol solvent molecule; the calculated unit-cell data allow for the presence of half of this molecule in the asymmetric unit.