Trans-[N,N'-Bis(salicydene)cyclohexane-1,2-diaminato]nickel(II)-chloroform (1/1)

In the title complex, trans-(2,2'-[cyclohexane-1,2-diylbis(nitrilomethylidyne)]diphenolato-kappa(4)O,N,N',O')nickel(II)-chloroform (1/1), [Ni(C(20)H(20)N(2)O(2))].CHCl(3), the Ni atom has a square-planar geometry, slightly tetrahedrally distorted. The Ni-N and Ni-O bonding distances are within the expected ranges for Ni-Schiff base derivatives. The diimine bridge has a gauche conformation with the cyclohexyl ring almost coplanar with the NiN(2)O(2) plane. The complex molecules pack in dimers with an Ni.Ni distance of 3.59 (1) A and form a three-dimensional structure displaying a herring-bone configuration. Channels are occupied by solvent molecules, which are involved in C-H.O hydrogen bonds with the ligand O atoms.