Acta Cryst. (2005). E61, m1215-m1217  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536805016004 ]

Tris(1H-imidazole-N³)(DL-malato-³O,O',O'')nickel(II)

D.-D. Lin and D.-J. Xu

Abstract: In the title complex, [Ni(C₄H₄O₅)(C₃H₄N₂)₃], the Ni^II atom is coordinated by one tridentate malate dianion and three imidazole molecules with a distorted octahedral geometry. The imidazole H atom links with both carboxyl O atoms of the neighboring complex to form a three-centered hydrogen bond, which results in a long centroid-centroid distance of 4.447 (2) Å between neighboring parallel imidazole rings.

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