Acta Cryst. (2009). E65, m330  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536809005960 ]

Bis(3-hydroxyphenylacetato-²O,O')bis(1H-imidazole-N³)nickel(II)

X.-Y. Nie and Q.-Z. Li

Abstract: In the title mononuclear complex, [Ni(C₈H₇O₃)₂(C₃H₄N₂)₂], the Ni^II atom, lying on a twofold rotation axis, is coordinated by four carboxylate O atoms from two bidentate 3-hydroxyphenylacetato ligands and two N atoms from two imidazole molecules in a distorted octahedral geometry. A three-dimensional network is formed via intermolecular O-HO and N-HO hydrogen bonds and - stacking interactions between the imidazole and benzene rings of neighboring molecules [centroid-centroid distance = 3.856 (2) Å].

Online 28 February 2009

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