Bis[bis(2-ethyl-5-methyl-1H-imidazol-4-yl-κN³)methane](nitrato-κ²O,O′)nickel(II) nitrate

Abstract

In the title compound, [Ni(NO3)(C13H20N4)2]NO3, the NiII ion shows a distorted octa­hedral geometry formed by four N atoms from two bis­(2-ethyl-5-methyl-1H-imidazol-4-yl)methane ligands and two O atoms from a chelating nitrate anion. Three ethyl groups in the complex cation and the O atoms of the uncoordinated nitrate anion are disordered over two sets of positions [occupancy ratios of 0.52 (3):0.48 (3) and 0.63 (3):0.37 (3), respectively]. In the crystal, inter­molecular N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds connect the complex cations into a zigzag chain along [010] and further N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds between the chains and the uncoordinated nitrate anions lead to layers parallel to (100).