(2,2′-Bipyridine-κ2 N,N′)dichlorido(dimethyl sulfoxide-κO)zinc(II)

Abstract

In the title compound, [ZnCl2(C10H8N2)(C2H6OS)], the Zn atom is five-coordinate, forming a distorted trigonal–bipyramidal geometry involving one Cl atom, one dimethyl sulfoxide O atom and one 2,2′-bipyridine N atom in equatorial positions, with distances Zn—Cl = 2.2863 (7) Å, Zn—O = 2.1024 (15) Å and Zn—N = 2.1546 (16) Å. The axial positions are occupied by the other 2,2′-bipyridine N atom and a Cl atom, with distances N—Zn = 2.1604 (16) Å and Zn—Cl = 2.3123 (7) Å.