(μ-Acetato){μ-1,3-bis[2-(2-oxidobenzylideneamino)ethyl]-2-(2-oxidophenyl)-1,3-imidazolidine}dizinc(II) ethanol disolvate dihydrate

In the title binuclear compound, [Zn2(C27H27N4O3)(C2H3O2)]·2CH3CH2OH·2H2O, both Zn cations adopt distorted ZnO3N2 trigonal-bipyramidal geometries with one N atom in a axial site and one N atom in an equatorial site, arising from coordination by the N,N,N,N,O,O,O-heptadentate ligand and a bridging acetate ion. In the crystal, intermolecular O—H...O hydrogen bonds link the component units into a three-dimensional network. Two short C—H...O contacts are also seen.