In the title complex, [Zn(C18H10N4O2)(CH4O)], the Zn2+ cation is located on a mirror plane and is coordinated by a tetradentate Schiff base ligand anion (L
2−) and a methanol molecule. The Zn2+ cation is surrounded by two N atoms and two O atoms from L
2−, in a nearly planar configuration, and one methanol O atom, forming a slightly distorted square-pyramidal geometry. The methanol molecule is disordered over two sets of sites in a 0.5:0.5 ratio. In the crystal, O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the molecules into chains parallel to [001].
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