metal-organic compounds
The centrosymmetric dinuclear title compound, [Zn2(C17H17N2O)4]·2C17H18N2O, has one 2-(1-butylbenzimidazol-2-yl)phenolate acting as a chelating ligand and the other as a bridging ligand, conferring a tetrahedral geometry on the Zn atom. The uncoordinated 2-(1-butylbenzimidazol-2-yl)phenol molecule interacts with the O atom of the chelating anion through a hydrogen bond.