Bis(N-phenylethane-1,2-diamine)dithiocyanatonickel(II)

Abstract

The asymmetric unit of the title mononuclear NiII compound, [Ni(NCS)2(C8H12N2)2], contains two independent half-molecules, the Ni atoms of which lie on crystallographic inversion centres. Each NiII ion is chelated by two N atoms from two N-phenylethane-1,2-diamine ligands and is also coordinated by two N atoms from two thiocyanate ligands, giving a distorted octahedral geometry. In the crystal, molecules are linked into a two-dimensional network parallel to (100) by N—H...S interactions.