Crystal structure analysis of N,N′-bis(salicylidene)-2-methyl-1,2-propanediaminato-nickel(II)

In the title compound, N,N′‐Bis(salicylidene)‐2‐methyl‐1,2‐propanediaminato‐nickel(II), [NiC18H18N2O2], (CCDC 235278), the NiII atom is coordinated by two iminic N and two phenolic O atoms of the N,N′‐Bis(salicylidene)‐2‐methyl‐1,2‐propanediaminate (SALPD2‐) ligand. The geometry of the coordination sphere around the Ni atom is distorted square‐planar. Ni(II) ion, forms crystals which belong to the orthorhombic system, space group P cab, with unit cell dimensions a=11.5531(1), b=15.985(4), c=17.418(1) Å, V=3210.5(9) Å3. The cell contains eight molecules. The contact distance Ni...Nia between the neighbouring molecules is 4.4704(8) Å. © 2006 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim