Diaqua{2,6-bis[N-(2-pyridinylmethyl)carbamoyl]phenolato-κ2O1,O2}zinc(II)

In the title compound, [Zn(C20H17N4O3)2(H2O)2], the ZnII atom, lying on a twofold rotation axis, is six-coordinated in a distorted octahedral geometry by two phenolate O atoms and two carbonyl O atoms from two 2,6-bis[(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)carbamoyl]phenolate ligands and by two water molecules. A three-dimensional network is built up from an extensive array of hydrogen bonds and π–π interactions between the pyridyl rings, with a centroid–centroid distance of 3.666 (3) Å