Bis{2-[(E)-(4-fluorobenzyl)iminomethyl]-6-methoxyphenolato-κ2N,O1}nickel(II)

Abstract

In the title compound, [Ni(C15H13FNO2)2], the NiII atom is tetracoordinated by two N atoms and two O atoms from two 2-[(4-fluorobenzyl)iminomethyl]-6-methoxyphenolate ligands in a square-planar geometry. The two N atoms and two O atoms around the NiII atom are trans to each other, as the NiII atom lies on an inversion centre. In the fluorophenyl group, five C atoms and an F atom are disordered over two sets of positions of equal occupancy. In the crystal, the complex molecules are linked via intermolecular C—H...F hydrogen bonds, forming chains along [001].