cis-Bis{1-[(4-nitrophenyl)diazenyl]-2-naphtholato}dipyridinenickel(II)Dedicated to the memory of Professor Jairo Bordinhão.

Abstract

In the title compound, [Ni(C16H10N3O3)2(C5H5N)2], the NiII cation is in a distorted octahedral NiN4O2 coordination by two independent bidentate 1-[(4-nitrophenyl)diazenyl]-2-naphtholate anions and two pyridine ligands. C—H...O interactions between aromatic rings and the O atoms of the nitro substituents build up a two-dimensional supramolecular arrangement parallel to (100).