Monoclinic and triclinic forms of bis[2-hydroxy-2,2-bis(2-pyridyl)ethanoato-O(1),N,N']nickel(II)

B F Abrahams; B F Hoskins; T A Hudson; R Robson

doi:10.1107/S0108270100003401

Monoclinic and triclinic forms of bis[2-hydroxy-2,2-bis(2-pyridyl)ethanoato-O(1),N,N']nickel(II)

Acta Crystallogr C. 2000 Apr 15;56(Pt 4):E126-7. doi: 10.1107/S0108270100003401. Epub 2000 Apr 15.

Authors

B F Abrahams¹, B F Hoskins, T A Hudson, R Robson

Affiliation

¹ School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3052, Australia.

PMID: 15263173
DOI: 10.1107/S0108270100003401

Abstract

Reaction of pyridoin with nickel nitrate in methanol in air gives crystals of two forms of the title compound, [Ni(C(12)H(9)N(2)O(3))(2)]; a triclinic form with the Ni atom on an inversion centre and a monoclinic form with one molecule in a general position in the asymmetric unit. Both forms show an octahedral nickel centre coordinated by two facial tridentate ligands with their O-atom donors trans.