Zinc azide · 4-methylpyridine (1) is formed by the reaction of zinc azide with the corresponding pyridine in aqueous solution. The crystal structure was determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction methods. The crystals of 1 are monoclinic, space group C2/c, Z = 4, a = 1085.5(2), b = 1692.7(11), c = 619.7(6) pm, β = 113.47(5)°. Each zinc atom is surrounded by five nitrogen atoms (four from azide groups and one from the pyridine adduct) in a distorted trigonal bipyramidal fashion. The ZnN5-polyhedra share common edges to form chains along the crystallographic c-axis.
Received: 1987-10-22
Revised: 1987-12-3
Published Online: 2014-6-2
Published in Print: 1988-3-1
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