Acta Cryst. (2005). E61, m2531-m2533  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536805035944 ]

Bis(biguanido-²N,N')nickel(II) dihydrate

Y.-L. Su, L.-P. Lu and M.-L. Zhu

Abstract: In the title compound, [Ni(C₂H₆N₅)₂]·2H₂O, the Ni cation (site symmetry ) is coordinated by four N atoms from two bidenate ligands in a square-planar arrangement. A network of O-HN, N-HN and N-HO hydrogen bonds helps to consolidate the crystal packing.

Online 10 November 2005

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