“…The interaction of transition metal ions with biologically active molecules such as amino acids, proteins, sugars, and various acids is of great importance in biological systems (Daniele, et al, 2008;Parkin, 2004;Tshuva & Lippard, 2004;Stoumpos, et al, 2009). As models to examine the interaction, we have intensively studied the interaction of transition metal ions with various acids such as benzoic acid, fulvic acids and humic acids and have reported a variety of structures of copper(II), cadmium(II), and zinc(II) benzoates with quinoxaline,6-methylquinoline, 3-methylquinoline, trans-1-(2pyridyl)-2-(4-pyridyl)ethylene, and di-2-pyridyl ketone (Lee, et al, 2008;Yu, et al, 2008;Park, et al, 2008;Shin, et al, 2009;Song, et al, 2009;Yu, et al, 2008Yu, et al, ,2009Yu, et al, ,2010Kim, et al, 2011). In this work, we have employed nickel (II) chloride as a building block and quinaldic acid as a ligand.…”