Research Article

Zinc(II) and Nickel(II) Benzoate Complexes from the Use of 1-methyl-4,5-diphenylimidazole

Table 2

Selected interatomic distances (Å), angles and torsion angles ( ) for 1·2MeOH and 2·2MeCN.

Compound1·2MeOH2·2MeCN

MZnNi
M 2.734
M–N3A2.007 2.017(2)
M–N3B2.065
M–O11.947 2.015(2)
M–O31.950 2.039(2)
M–O22.008(2)
M–O42.026(2)

N3A–M–N3B 96.6
N3A–M–O1123.4 91.9
N3A–M–O2103.3
N3A–M–O3123.9 98.2
N3A–M–O4 96.7
N3B–M–O1103.0
N3B–M–O3 97.2
O1–M–O3105.7(4) 88.0
O1–M–O4 89.9
O2–M–O3 90.7
O2–M–O4 87.4
C19–M–C26112.46(4)

A2–A3* 70.5 61.9
B2–B3* 67.0
C4A–C5A–C13A–C14A −57.8(2)−53.0(4)
C4B–C5B–C13B–C14B−56.8(2)
C5A–C4A–C7A–C12A−46.6(2)−40.5(4)
C5B–C4B–C7B–C12B−37.3(2)

between the mean-planes of the named phenyl rings (see Figure 1).
Symmetry codes: (i)    ,