Structure Reports Online

Volume 67, Part 4 (April 2011)

metal-organic compounds

lh5218 scheme

Acta Cryst. (2011). E67, m470 [ doi:10.1107/S1600536811010087 ]

Bis{1-[(4-methylphenyl)iminomethyl]-2-naphtholato-²N,O}nickel(II)

Q. Wang, J. Jiang and P. Zhu

Abstract: In the title complex, [Ni(C₁₈H₁₄NO)₂], the Ni^II ion lies on an inversion center and is coordinated in a slightly distorted square-planar environment. The 1-[(4-methylphenyl)iminomethyl]-2-naphtholate ligands are coordinated in a trans arrangement with respect to the N and O atoms. In the symmetry-unique ligand, the dihedral angle between the naphthalene ring system and the benzene ring of the methylphenyl group is 49.03 (7)°.