Hexa-kis-(thio-urea-κS)nickel(II) nitrate: a redetermination

Acta Crystallogr Sect E Struct Rep Online. 2010 Jul 10;66(Pt 8):i57-i58. doi: 10.1107/S1600536810026668.

Abstract

A preliminary X-ray study of the title mol-ecular salt, [Ni(CH(4)N(2)S)(6)](NO(3))(2), has been reported twice previously, by Maďar [Acta Cryst. (1961), 14, 894] and Rodriguez, Cubero, Vega, Morente & Vazquez [Acta Cryst. (1961), 14, 1101], using film methods. We confirm the previous studies, but to modern standards of precision and with all H atoms located. The central Ni atom (site symmetry ) of the dication is octa-hedrally coordinated by six S-bound thio-urea mol-ecules. The crystal structure is stabilized by intra- and inter-molecular N-H⋯S and N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds.