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1Laboratoire Privé de Cristallographie (LPC), Kénitra, Morocco.
Abstract:
The title complex, [NiCl(2)(CH(4)N(2)S)(2)], has been synthesized from the previously reported (diamino-methyl-idene)sulfonium chloride-thio-urea (3/2) salt [Zouihri (2012b ▶). Acta Cryst. E68, o257]. The Ni(II) ion is coordinated in a distorted tetra-hedral geometry by two mol-ecules of thio-urea [Ni-S = 2.3079 (7) and 2.3177 (6) Å] and two chloride anions [Ni-Cl = 2.2516 (7) and 2.2726 (7) Å]. The bond angles at the Ni atom lie between 96.69 (2) and 115.40 (3)°, while the dihedral angle between the mean planes of the two thio-urea ligands is 6.36 (15)°. The crystal structure is characterized by intra- and inter-molecular N-H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds, which lead to the formation of two-dimensional networks lying parallel to the ab plane. The networks are linked via classical N-H⋯Cl and N-H⋯S hydrogen bonds, forming a three-dimensional arrangement.
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