4,6-Dichloro-2-[(E)-(2-{[(E)-3,5-dichloro-2-oxidobenzyl­idene]aza­nium­yl}eth­yl)iminiumylmeth­yl]phenolate

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C(16)H(12)Cl(4)N(2)O(2), comprises half of a potentially tetra­dentate Schiff base ligand, located about a twofold rotation axis which bis­ects the central C—C bond of the ethane-1,2-diamine group. In the solid state, the compound exists in the zwitterionic form. There are two intra­molecular N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds making S(6) ring motifs. In the crystal, mol­ecules are linked by C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming two-dimensional frameworks which lie parallel to (100). There are also short Cl⋯Cl [3.4395 (9) Å] contacts present.