Dichlorido[2-(3,5-dimethyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl-κN (2))ethanamine-κN]zinc(II)

The amine title complex, [ZnCl(2)(C(7)H(13)N(3))], resulted from imine hydrolysis in a Schiff base compound. The Zn metal atom has a distorted tetra­hedral geometry with the most significant deviation identified in the magnitude of the N—Zn—N angle. This deviation stems from the participation of the Zn and N atoms in a six-membered metallocyclic ring. The latter is in an approximate screw-boat conformation. Two strong N—H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds link the mol­ecules into ribbons propagating along the b-axis direction. The ribbons contain two second-order hydrogen-bonded motifs: a chain and a ring. The chain described by the graph set notation C (2) (2)(6) is formed by one hydrogen bond going in the forward direction (donor to acceptor) and the other in the backward direction (acceptor to donor). In the ring motif R (2) (2)(8), both hydrogen bonds propagate in the forward direction.