Poly[[tris­(μ(2)-acetato-κ(2) O:O′)(4-chloro­benzene-1,2-di­amine-κN)(μ(3)-hydroxido)dizinc] ethanol monosolvate]

The title compound, {[Zn(2)(CH(3)CO(2))(3)(OH)(C(6)H(7)ClN(2))]·C(2)H(5)OH}(n), has alternating octa­hedrally and tetra­hedrally coordinated Zn(2+) ions. The octa­hedral coordination sphere is composed of one N atom of the monodentate di­amino­chloro­benzene ligand, three acetate O atoms and two bridging hydroxide ligands. The tetra­hedral coordination sphere consists of three acetate O atoms and the hydroxide ligand. The zinc ions are bridged by acetate and hydroxide ligands. The result is a laddered-chain structure parallel to [100] with ethanol solvent mol­ecules occupying the space between the chains. The di­amine ligand chlorine substitutent is disordered over two equally populated positions as a result of a crystallographically imposed inversion center between adjacent ligands. The ethanol solvent mol­ecule exhibits disorder with the two components having refined occupancies of 0.696 (11) and 0.304 (11). O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds form between the hydroxide ligand and the ethanol solvent mol­ecule. N—H⋯O and N—H⋯N hydrogen bonding between the uncoordinated amine group and the acetate ligands and the coordinated amine group are also observed.