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(μ-Acetato-κ2 O:O′)[μ-2,6-bis­({bis­[(pyri­din-2-yl-κN)meth­yl]amino-κN}meth­yl)-4-methyl­phenolato-κ2 O:O](metha­nol-κO)dizinc bis­(perchlorate)

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The binuclear title complex, [Zn2(C33H33N6O)(CH3COO2)(CH3OH)](ClO4)2, was synthesized by the reaction between 2,6-bis({[bis(pyridin-2-yl)methyl]amino}methyl)-4-methylphenol (H-BPMP), Zn(OAc)2and NaClO4. The two ZnIIions are bridged by the phenolate O atom of the octadentate ligand and the acetate group. An additional methanol ligand is terminally coordinated to one of the ZnIIions, rendering the whole structure unsymmetric. Other symmetric dizinc complexes of BPMP have been reported. However, to the best of our knowledge, the present structure, in which the two ZnIIions are distinguishable by the number of coordinating ligands and the coordination geometries (octahedral and square-pyramidal), is unique. The dizinc complex is a dication, and two perchlorate anions balance the charge. The –OH group of the coordinating methanol solvent molecule forms a hydrogen bond with a perchlorate counter-anion. One of the anions is disordered over two sets of sites with an occupancy ratio of 0.734 (2):0.266 (2).