Bis(1,4,7-trithiacyclononane)nickel(II) bis-(tetrafluorido-borate) nitromethane disolvate

Abstract

The homoleptic thioether title complex, [Ni(C 6H 12S 3) 2](BF 4)2·2CH 3NO 2, shows the expeced hexakis(thio-ether) octahedral environment around the Ni II atom. It crystallized as two crystallographically independent complex cations, [Ni(9S3) 2] 2+ (9S3 = 1,4,7-trithiacyclononane), within the unit cell where each Ni II lies on an inversion center. In addition to the complex cations, there are two crystallographically independent BF 4- anions present to balance the charge, and each shows disorder along a pseudo-C 3 axis with ratios of 0.53 (2):0.47 (2) and 0.55 (2):0.45 (2). Two nitro-methane solvent molecules per complex cation are also present in the unit cell.