Acta Crystallographica Section E (Jul 2012)

Bis{1-[2-(diphenylphosphanyl)ethyl]-3-ethylimidazol-2-ylidene}nickel(II) diiodide acetonitrile disolvate

  • Aziza Ahmida,
  • Domenica Withake,
  • Ulrich Flörke,
  • Hans Egold,
  • Gerald Henkel

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536812028784
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 68, no. 7
pp. m975 – m975

Abstract

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The molecular structure of the title compound, [Ni(C19H21N2P)2]I2·2CH3CN, shows two six-membered N-heterocyclic carbene/phosphane chelate rings that form a nearly square-planar coordination geometry around the NiII atom, which lies 0.190 (1) Å above the C2P2 plane. The sum of the bond angles at the NiII atom is 358.68 (6)°, with C—Ni—P bite angles of 82.89 (5) and 84.08 (6)°. The two carbene rings make a dihedral angle of 52.65 (8)°.