Tris(1,10-phenanthroline-κ²N,N′)nickel(II) bis(hexafluoridophosphate)

Abstract

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, [Ni(C36H24N6)3](PF6)2, contains one and a half nickel(II) complex dications and three hexafluoridophosphate anions, one of the dications having crystallographic twofold rotational symmetry. Each NiII atom displays a distorted octahedral coordination geometry provided by the six N atoms of three bidentate 1,10-phenanthroline ligands with bite angles of 79.68 (11)–80.76 (12)°. In the crystal, C—H...F hydrogen bonds link the anions and dications into a three-dimensional supramolecular framework. Within the framework complex dications with twofold rotational symmetry are linked by weak π–π stacking interactions [centroid-to-centroid distances = 3.712 (2) Å].