Synthesis and Spectral Study of a zinc(lI) Complex with NN O-Donor Ligand

In this work, 2-(2-(2-hydroxyethylamino)ethylamino)cyclohexanol (L) was prepared in solvent by ring opening of epoxycyclohexane with 2-(2-aminoethylamino)ethanol andthen its complex with zinc(II), [Zn(L)Cl2] were prepared and identified by elemental analysis, FT-IR, 1H NMR spectroscopy and single-crystal X-Ray diffraction. The spectroscopies data revealed that the ligand acts as NN O-donor mode toward zinc atom and in agree with the structural analysis result. The X-ray analysis showed thatthe zinc atom has distorted trigonal bipyramidal geometry. In the crystal network of the complex there are intermolecular N–H···Cl, O–H···Cl and O–H···O hydrogenbonds, extending the crystal network in three directions.