Text this: Syntheses and structures of dinuclear zinc(II) acetate-bridged coordination compounds with the aromatic Schiff base chelators N,N-dimethyl-2-[phen-yl(pyridin-2-yl)methyl-idene]hydrazine-1-carbothio-amide and N-ethyl-2-[phen-yl(pyridin-2-yl)methyl-idene]hydrazine-1-carbo-thio-amide.