The coordination environment of the ZnIIatom in the title complex, [ZnCl2(C17H11N3)], is distorted tetrahedral. The NAD+/NADH-analogous ligand is twisted and chelates through one pyridine N atom and one N atom of the benzonaphthyridine ring system. In the crystal, molecules are stacked along theaaxis and are held together through π–π interactions.
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