Three heterotrinuclear Schiff base complexes of nickel(II) with cobalt(II), copper(II) and manganese(II)

The title compounds, bis­(di­methyl­form­amide)‐1κO,3κO‐bis{μ‐2,2′‐[2,2′‐di­methyl­propane‐1,3‐diyl­bis­(nitrilo­methylidyne)]­diphenolato}‐1κ⁴N,N′,O,O′:2κ²O,O′;2κ²O,O′:3κ⁴N,N′,O,O′‐di‐μ‐nitrito‐1:2κ²N:O;2:3κ²O:N‐dinickel(II)­cobalt(II), [CoNi₂(NO₂)₂(C₁₉H₂₂N₂O₂)₂(C₃H₇NO)₂], (I), ‐copper(II), [CuNi₂(NO₂)₂(C₁₉H₂₂N₂O₂)₂(C₃H₇NO)₂], (II), and ‐manganese(II), [MnNi₂(NO₂)₂(C₁₉H₂₂N₂O₂)₂(C₃H₇NO)₂], (III), consist of centrosymmetric linear heterotrinuclear metal complexes. The three complexes are isostructural. There are three bridges across the Ni–M atom pairs (M is Co²⁺, Cu²⁺ or Mn²⁺) in each complex, involving two O atoms of a μ‐N,N′‐bis­(salicyl­idene)‐2,2′di­methyl‐1,3‐propane­diaminate ligand and an N—O moiety of a μ‐nitrito group. The coordination sphere around each metal atom, whether Co²⁺, Cu²⁺, Mn²⁺ or Ni²⁺, can be described as distorted octahedral. The Ni?M distances are 2.9988 (5) Å in (I), 2.9872 (5) Å in (II) and 3.0624 (8) Å in (III).