Aqua{6,6-dimethyl-2,2′-[o-phenylenebis(nitrilomethylidyne)]diphenolato-κ4 O,N,N′,O′}zinc(II) chloroform solvate

In the title compound, [Zn(C22H18N2O2)(H2O)] center dot CHCl3, the Zn-II centre is in a five-coordinate square-pyramidal N2O3 environment, with the N2O2 set of atoms from the Schiff base ligand forming the basal plane; the water molecule occupies the apical position. Intermolecular O-H center dot center dot center dot O hydrogen bonds and weak C-H center dot center dot center dot O interactions link the molecules into a chain along [100]. The chains form sheets parallel to the ac plane.