Trans-Diaqua-bis-(l-phenyl-alaninato-κ 2 N,O)nickel(II)

Abstract

In the title compound, [Ni(C 9H 10NO 2) 2(H 2O) 2], the coordination geometry around the Ni II ion can be described as distorted octa-hedral, with two N atoms and two O atoms from phenyl-alaninate ligands in the basal plane and two aqua O atoms at the axial sites. The crystal packing is stabilized by inter-molecular O-H⋯O and N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds.