Cis versus trans arrangement of di-thio-carbazate ligands in bis-chelated Ni and Cu complexes

The structures are described of two bis-chelated metal complexes of nickel(II) and copper(II) with - -hexyl 3-(1-phenyl-ethyl-idene)di-thio-carbazate Schiff bases in a configuration, namely, bis-[ - -hexyl 3-(1-phenyl-ethyl-idene)di-thio-carbazato-κ , ]nickel(II), [Ni(C H N S ) ], and bis-[ - -hexyl 3-(1-phenyl-ethyl-idene)di-thio-carbazato-κ , ]copper(II), [Cu(C H N S ) ]. In both complexes, the metals have distorted square-planar geometries. A search in the Cambridge Structural Database [Groom (2016 ▸). B , 171-179] for bis-chelated nickel(II) and copper(II) complexes with similar Schiff bases retrieved 55 and 36 hits for the two metals, respectively. An analysis of the geometrical parameters of complexes showing and configurations is reported and the values compared with those for the complexes described in this work.