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1College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Microscale Science Institute, Weifang University, Weifang 261061, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
The asymmetric unit of the title compound, [Ni(C(12)H(8)N(2))(3)][Cr(2)O(7)]·4H(2)O, contains one cation, one anion and four water mol-ecules, three of which are disordered over two sites with equal occupancies. In the cation, the metal centre is coordinated by six N atoms from three 1,10-phenanthroline ligands in a distorted octa-hedral geometry. The [Cr(2)O(7)](2-) anion exhibits a staggered conformation. The crystal packing is stabilized by inter-molecular O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds and π-π inter-actions, evidenced by short distances of 3.531 (5) Å between the centroids of aromatic rings.
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