“…The doubly deprotonated thiosemicarbazone ligand behaves as a tridentate ligand coordinate to nickel(II) via thiolate sulfur, azomethine nitrogen atom, as well as phenolic oxygen. In comparison with bond lengths in coordinated 2,3-dihydroxybenzaldehyde thiosemicarbazone and 2,3-dihydroxybenzaldehyde-N4-methylthiosemicarbazone ligands with the related free ligands (Farina and Simpson, 2008;Swesi et al, 2006), shortening of the C8-N2 bond distance, and lengthening of C7-N1, C8-S1 bond lengths within the five-membered chelate ring are observed, consequent upon dissociation of the hydrazinic proton (Acharyya et al, 2006). The C7-N1 bond length of 1.297(4) Å and 1.306(5) Å , for 1 and 2, respectively, and C8-S1 bond length of 1.753(3) Å and 1.760(4) Å , for 1 and 2, respectively, are similar to those reported for coordinated thiosemicarbazone in the thiolate form (Kolotilov et al, 2007;Lobana et al, 2007).…”