Octahedral nickel(II) hexamethyleneimine-dithiocarbamato complexes involving bidentate N,N-donor ligands

The nickel(II) complexes of the compositions [Ni(hmidtc)(bpy)2]ClO4 (I), [Ni(hmidtc)(phen)2]ClO4 (II), [Ni(hmidtc)(phen)2]SCN (III), [Ni(hmidtc)(phen)2]PF6 (IV), [Ni(hmidtc)(phen)2]BPh4 (V), [Ni(hmidtc)(phen)2]AcO·2H2O (VI) and [Ni(hmidtc)(phen)2]Br·H2O (VII), involving a combination of one hexamethyleneimine-dithiocarbamate anion (hmidtc) and two bidentate N,N-donor ligands (2,2′-bipyridine (bpy) for I or 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) for II–VII), have been prepared. The compounds were characterized by elemental analysis, molar conductivity measurements, UV–Vis and IR spectroscopy, magnetochemical measurements and thermal analysis. A single-crystal X-ray analysis of the complex I revealed a distorted octahedral geometry with the nickel(II) ion coordinated by four nitrogen atoms (from two bidentate-coordinated bpy molecules) and two sulfur atoms (from one bidentate-coordinated hmidtc anion), together giving an NiN4S2 donor set.