(C-meso-N-meso-5,12-Dimethyl-7,14-diphenyl-1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradeca-4,11-diene)nickel(II) bis[O,O′-bis(4-methylphenyl) dithiophosphate]

Abstract

The title complex, [Ni(C24H32N4)](C14H14O2PS2)2, comprises a centrosymmetric [Ni(meso-diphenyl[14]dien)]2+ dication (meso-diphenyl[14]dien is C-meso-N-meso-5,12-dimethyl-7,14-diphenyl-1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradeca-4,11-diene) and two O,O′-bis(4-methylphenyl) dithiophosphate anions. The NiII ion lies on an inversion center and is chelated by a tetraamine macrocycle ligand in a slightly distorted NiN4 square-planar geometry. Two S atoms from symmetry-related anions are located in pseudo-axial positions with respect to the NiII ion, with Ni...S distances of 3.1869 (8) Å. In the crystal, bifurcated intermolecular N—H...S(S) hydrogen bonds connect cations and pairs of anions into three-component clusters. Weak intermolecular C—H...S hydrogen bonds link these clusters into chains along [100].