Bis[2-(4-benzo-yloxy-2-hy-droxy-benzo-yl)-1-phenyl-ethenolato]diethano-lzinc(II).

The mononuclear title complex, [Zn(C22H15O5)2(C2H5OH)2], contains a ZnII atom (site symmetry \overline{1}) surrounded by six O atoms of the keto groups of two substituted 1,3-diketonate ligands and of two ethanol mol­ecules, resulting in a distorted octa­hedral coordination environment. The mol­ecular configuration is stabilized by an intra­molecular hydrogen bond between the phenolic hy­droxy group and the adjacent keto group. The hy­droxy group acts likewise as an acceptor of an inter­molecular O—H⋯O hydrogen bond with the hy­droxy group of the ethanol mol­ecule as the donor. The hydrogen-bonding scheme leads to the formation of supra­molecular layers parallel to (010).