8-Hydroxy-2-methylquinolinium dichlorido(2-methylquinolin-8-olato- κ 2 N,O)zincate acetonitrile disolvate

Abstract

The reaction of 2-methyl-8-hydroxyquinoline and zinc chloride in acetonitrile affords the title solvated salt, (C 10H 10NO)[Zn(C 10H 8NO)Cl 2] ·2CH 3CN, in which the Zn II atom is coordinated by an- N,O-chelating 2-methylquinolin-8-olate ligand and two chloride ligands in a distorted tetrahedral geometry. The cation is linked to the heterocyclic anion by an O - H⋯O hydrogen bond and the quinolinium H atom forms a intermolecular N - H⋯N hydrogen bond with one of the acetonitrile solvent molecules.