Bis(μ-{N-[(methylthio)phenylmethylene]methanamine N-oxide}-O:O)bis[bis(1,1,1,5,5,5,-hexafluoropentane-2,4-dionato-O, 4-dionato-O,O')nickel(II)]

The title compound, [Ni₂(C₅HF₆O₂)₄(C₉H₁₁NOS)₂], crystallizes as a centrosymmetric dimer containing two Ni(hfac)₂ moieties bridged by two nitrone ligands (hfac is the 1,1,1,5,5,5-hexafluoropentane-2,4-dionate anion). The Ni...Ni distance is 3.2904 (5) Å, with Ni—O_nitrone distances of 2.0776 (12) and 2.0974 (12) Å. The average Ni—O_hfac distance is 2.022 (16) Å.

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