(mu-Perfluorosebacato-kappa O-2 : O ')bis[aquabis(1,10-phenanthroline-kappa N-2,N ')zinc(II)] perfluorosebacate bis[triaqua(perfluorosebacato-kappa O)(1,10-phenanthroline-kappa N-2,N ')zinc(II)] 3.32-hydrate

Abstract

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, [Zn-2{O2C(CF2)(8)CO2}(C12H8N2)(4)(H2O)(2)](C10F16O4)center dot[Zn{O2C(CF2)(8)CO2}(C12H8N2)(H2O)(3)]center dot 3.32H(2)O, contains a neutral mononuclear [ZnL(phen)(H2O)3] complex (phen is 1,10-phenanthroline and L is perfluorosebacate), one half each of a centrosymmetric [Zn2L(phen)(4)(H2O)(2)](2+) binuclear complex and an uncoordinated centrosymmetric L ligand, and 1.66 water molecules of solvation. The Zn-II atoms in both the mononuclear and the binuclear complexes are six-coordinated in a distorted octahedral geometry.