Dibromido-2κ2
Br-bis(4-methylpyridine-1κN){μ-2,2′-[propane-1,3-diylbis(nitrilomethylidyne)]diphenolato-1κ4
O,N,N′,O′:2κ2
O,O′}nickel(II)zinc(II)
The molecule of the title compound, [NiZnBr2(C17H16N2O2)(C6H7N)2], contains a heterodinuclear arrangement. The two metal ions are bridged via phenol O atoms of the propane-1,3-diylbis(nitrilomethylidyne)]diphenolate (salpd2−) ligand. The two bridging O atoms of salpd2− and two Br atoms constitute a distorted tetrahedral coordination environment around the ZnII ion, while the NiII ion has a distorted octahedral coordination environment formed by two O and two N atoms of salpd2− in the equatorial plane and two N atoms of two 4-methylpyridine ligands in the axial positions. In the crystal structure, weak intermolecular C—H...Br hydrogen bonds link the molecules into chains along the c axis. Weak intramolecular C—H...O and C—H...N hydrogen bonds are also present.