(2-{[2-(1H-Benzimidazol-2-yl-κN (3))phen­yl]imino­methyl-κN}-5-methyl­phenolato-κO)chloridozinc(II)

In the title mononuclear complex, [Zn(C(21)H(16)N(3)O)Cl], the Zn(II) ion is coordinated in a distorted tetra­hedral geometry by two benzimidazole N atoms and one phenolate O atom from the tridentate Schiff base ligand and a chloride ligand. The benzimidazole ring system forms dihedral angles of 26.68 (9) and 56.16 (9)° with the adjacent benzene ring and the methyl­phenolate group benzene ring, respectively. In the crystal, mol­ecules are linked by N—H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds into chains along [100]. Furthermore, weak C—H⋯O and C—H⋯π inter­actions, in addition to π–π inter­actions with centroid–centroid distances in the range 3.5826 (13)–3.9681 (13) Å, are also observed.