Crystal structure and Hirshfeld surface analysis of 8-aza-niumylquinolinium tetra-chlorido-zincate(II).

The reaction of 8-amino-quinoline, zinc chloride and hydro-chloric acid in ethanol yielded the title salt, (CHN)[ZnCl], which consists of a planar 8-aza-n-ium-yl-quinolinium dication and a tetra-hedral tetra-chloro-zincate dianion. The 8-amino-quinoline moiety is protonated at both the amino and the ring N atoms. In the crystal, the cations and anions are connected by inter-molecular N-H⋯Cl and C-H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds, forming sheets parallel to (001).