Research Article: {4,4′-Dibromo-2,2′-[2,2-dimethyl­propane-1,3-diylbis(nitrilo­methanylyl­idene)]diphenolato-κ4O,N,N′,O′}nickel(II)

Date Published: April 01, 2011

Publisher: International Union of Crystallography

Author(s): Saeed Rayati, Akbar Ghaemi, Behrouz Notash.

http://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536811009056

Abstract

In the title compound, [Ni(C19H18Br2N2O2)], the NiII ion, lying on a twofold rotation axis, is coordinated by two N atoms and two O atoms from the Schiff base ligand in a distorted square-planar geometry. Weak inter­molecular C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds stabilize the crystal structure.

Partial Text

For the catalytic properties of Schiff base complexes, see: Cozzi (2004 ▶). For related structures see: Fun et al. (2008 ▶); Kargar et al. (2008 ▶). For the synthesis of the ligand, see: Fairhurst et al. (1995 ▶).

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http://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536811009056