cis-Bis[(4-nitro-phen-yl)cyanamido-κN(1)]bis-(1,10-phenanthroline-κ(2)N,N')nickel(II) methanol monosolvate

In the title compound, [Ni(C(7)H(4)N(3)O(2))(2)(C(12)H(8)N(2))(2)]·CH(3)OH, the Ni(II) atom is six-coordinated in a distorted N(6) octa-hedral geometry and is chelated by two phenanthroline ligands and two phenyl-cyanamide groups which occupy cis positions. The (4-nitro-phen-yl)cyanamide anions act as monodentate ligands. There is one classical inter-molecular O-H⋯N hydrogen bond and several C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds are also observed.