Diaqua{2,2′-dimethoxy-6,6′-[(1E,1′E)-propane-1,3-diylbis(azanylylidene)bis(methanylylidene)]diphenolato}nickel(II)

Abstract

In the molecule of the title compound, [Ni(C19H20N2O4)(H2O)2], the central NiII ion lies on a mirror plane and is surrounded by an N2O4 coordination set in the form of a distorted octahedron defined by the O atoms of two water molecules and by two phenolic O and two imine N atoms of the tetradentate Schiff base ligand. In the crystal, O—H...O hydrogen bonds between the water molecules and the phenolic and methoxy O atoms of neighbouring molecules lead to the formation of rods propagating parallel to [100].