| Abstract: | A ligand 1,3-bis(1-benzylbenzimidazol-2-yl)-2-oxopropane (Bobb) and the zinc(II) complex, Zn(Bobb)2](picrate)2 · 2DMF, were synthesized and characterized by elemental analyses, electrical conductivities, IR, and UV. The crystal structures of the ligand and the zinc complex have been determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction. The ligand displays a V-shaped configuration and the Zn(II) cation is six-coordinate by four nitrogens and two oxygens from Bobb. The N4O2 donor set is a distorted octahedron. |
