Dinuclear zinc(II) acetate complexes derived from N,N′,S‐tridentate Schiff bases: synthesis, structural study and Hirshfeld surface analysis.

Three dinuclear zinc(II) acetate complexes of the general formula [Zn{Ln}(AcO)]2, namely, di‐μ‐acetato‐κ4O:O′‐bis[({2‐[(pyridin‐2‐ylmethylidene)amino]phenyl}sulfanido‐κ3N,N′,S)zinc(II)], [Zn2(C12H9N2S)2(C2H3O2)2] (n = 1), 4, μ‐acetato‐1:2κ2O:O′‐acetato‐2κO‐[μ‐(2‐{[1‐(pyridin‐2‐yl)ethylidene]amino}phenyl)sulfanido‐1κS:2κ3N,N′,S][(2‐{[1‐(pyridin‐2‐yl)ethylidene]amino}phenyl)sulfanido‐1κ3N,N′,S]dizinc(II), [Zn2(C13H11N2S)2(C2H3O2)2] (n = 2), 5, and μ‐acetato‐1:2κ2O:O′‐acetato‐2κO‐[μ‐(2‐{[phenyl(pyridin‐2‐yl)methylidene]amino}phenyl)sulfanido‐1κS:2κ3N,N′,S][(2‐{[phenyl(pyridin‐2‐yl)methylidene]amino}phenyl)sulfanido‐1κ3N,N′,S]dizinc(II)–bis(2‐aminophenyl) disulfide (2/1), [Zn2(C18H13N2S)2(C2H3O2)2]·0.5C12H12N2S2 (n = 3), 6·0.5(2‐APS)2, were obtained from the reaction of 2‐R‐(pyridin‐2‐yl)benzothiazoline precursors (R = H, 1; R = Me, 2; R = Ph, 3) with zinc acetate dihydrate in a 1:1 ratio. All the complexes crystallized as dinuclear species and complex 6 cocrystallized with one molecule of bis(2‐aminophenyl) disulfide (2‐APS)2. The anionic Schiff base ligands {Ln}− displayed a κ2N,κS‐tridentate coordination mode with the formation of two five‐membered chelate rings. In 4, 5 and 6·0.5(2‐APS)2, both ZnII ions are pentacoordinated and the coordination sphere of 4 was different with respect to those in 5 and 6·0.5(2‐APS)2. For 4, the X‐ray diffraction study showed a dinuclear complex containing two bridging acetate ligands linked to both ZnII ions. For 5 and 6·0.5(2‐APS)2, the dinuclear complexes displayed one bridging acetate ligand linked to both ZnII ions, where the first ZnII ion includes a dative bond with one S atom from an adjacent anionic Schiff base {Ln}−, while the second ZnII ion is coordinated to one terminal acetate ligand. In each dinuclear complex, the geometry is the same for both ZnII metal centres. The local geometry of the ZnII cation in 4 is halfway between trigonal bipyramidal and square pyramidal local geometries; in 5 and 6, the local geometries are described as distorted square pyramidal. Hirshfeld surface analysis of 5 and 6 showed the predominance of H...H interactions, as well as the contribution of C—H...C, C—H...O and C—H...S noncovalent interactions to the cohesion of the crystalline network of the ZnII complexes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]