(2-Amino-ethan-1-aminium-κN 2)tri-chlorido-zinc(II).

The mononuclear zwitterionic ZnII complex, [ZnCl3(C2H9N2)], contains a monodentate 2-ammonio-ethyl-amine moiety and three chloride anions coordinating to the central zinc atom in form of a distorted tetra-hedron. The molecular packing shows amine and ammonium groups inter-acting through hydrogen-bonding inter-actions with chlorine atoms of symmetry-related complexes to form a supra-molecular framework structure.