Bis(acetato-κ²O,O′)(4,4′-dimethyl-2,2′-bipyridine-κ²N,N′)­zinc

The mol­ecular structure of the title compound, [Zn(CH₃COO)₂(C₁₂H₁₂N₂)], consists of isolated mol­ecules bis­ected by a twofold rotation axis which goes through the Zn^II cation and halves the organic base through the central C—C bond. The Zn^II ion is coordinated by two N atoms from one mol­ecule of the aromatic base and four O atoms from two bidentate, symmetry-related acetate anions, which coordinate asym­metrically [Zn—O distances of 2.058 (2) and 2.362 (3) Å], while the two Zn—N bond distances are equal as imposed by symmetry [2.079 (2) Å]. The crystal structure is supported by a number of weak C—H...O inter­actions and C—H...π contacts, with no π–π inter­actions present, mainly hindered by the substituent methyl groups and the relative mol­ecular orientation. The result is a three-dimensional structure in which each mol­ecule is linked to eight different neighbors.