Crystal structure of di­chlorido­bis­(4-ethyl­aniline-κN)zinc

The title compound, [ZnCl(2)(C(8)H(11)N)(2)], was synthesized by the reaction of zinc dichloride and 4-ethyl­aniline. The Zn(2+) cation is coordinated by two Cl(−) anions and the N atoms of two 4-ethyl­aniline ligands, forming a distorted Zn(N(2)Cl(2)) tetra­hedron. The dihedral angle between the two benzene rings is 85.3 (2)° The Zn atom lies on a twofold rotation axis. The ethyl substituents are disordered over two sets of sites in a 0.74 (2):0.26 (2) ratio. In the crystal, N—H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds link the mol­ecules into sheets perpendicular to the a axis. C—H⋯Cl inter­actions also occur.