Acta Cryst. (2009). E65, m1357  [ doi:10.1107/S160053680904063X ]

A new Schiff base nickel(II) complex: {5,5'-dihydroxy-2,2'-[o-phenylenebis(nitrilomethylidyne)]diphenolato}nickel(II) methanol disolvate

M. Niu, G. Liu, D. Wang and J. Dou

Abstract: The monomeric title nickel(II) complex of a salicylaldimine, [Ni(C₂₀H₁₄N₂O₄)]·2CH₃OH, was obtained by the reaction of 2,4-dihydroxybenzaldehyde and 1,2-phenylenediamine with nickel(II) acetate. The Ni^II atom is coordinated by two N atoms [Ni-N = 1.839 (2) Å] and two O atoms [Ni-O = 1.8253 (19) Å] in an approximately square-planar geometry. In the crystal structure, intermolecular O-HO hydrogen bonds link the molecules into a chain along [001].

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