Three dinuclear zinc(II) acetate complexes were synthesized by reacting specific pyridin-2-yl benzothiazoline precursors with zinc acetate, resulting in distinct complexes that feature different coordination environments.
The complexes displayed a unique coordination mode with Schiff base ligands, forming multiple chelate rings and various bridging acetate configurations between zinc ions.
Structural analysis revealed that complex 4 has a different coordination geometry (halfway between trigonal bipyramidal and square pyramidal) compared to complexes 5 and 6, which exhibit distorted square pyramidal geometries.