Di-μ-chlorido-bis[(2,2′-bipyridine-κ2N,N′)chlorido(N,N-dimethylformamide-κO)nickel(II)]

Abstract

The title compound, [Ni2Cl2(μ-Cl)2(C10H8N2)2(C3H7NO)2], exists as a centrosymmetric dimer of two octahedral nickel centers. In the crystal, two chloride ions bridge the two nickel centers with one terminal chloride ion bound to each nickel atom. Coupled with a chelating bipyridine ligand and an O-boundN,N-dimethylformamide solvent molecule, each nickel center exhibits an slightly distorted octahedral coordination environment. The meridional chloride ions all sit in equatorial positions, with the bipyridine ligand occupying one equatorial and one axial position, and theN,N-dimethylformamide ligand occupying the final axial position. The 2,2′-bipyridine ligand binds to nickel in a near planar fashion, with the non-H atoms possessing a mean devation from planarity of 0.046 Å. No π–π interactions are observed in the crystal.