Hexaaquanickel(II) dihydrogen hypodiphosphate

Abstract

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, [Ni(H2O)6](H2P2O6), contains one-half of the hexaaquanickel(II) cation and one-half of the dihydrogen hypodiphosphate anion. In the complex cation, the Ni2+atom is located on an inversion center and has an octahedral coordination sphere. The P—P distance in the centrosymmetric anion is 2.1853 (7) Å. In the crystal, discrete [Ni(H2O)6]2+cations and (H2P2O6)2−anions are stacked in columns parallel to thecaxis and are linked into a three-dimensional network by medium-strength O—H...O hydrogen bonds.