Bis­[1,3‐bis(2‐methyl­tetrazol‐5‐yl‐κN4)­triazenido‐κN2]­nickel(II)

The title compound, [Ni(BMTT)₂], where BMTT is 1,3‐bis(2‐methyl­tetrazol‐5‐yl)­triazenide (C₄H₆N₁₁), presents a molecular complex with tridentate ligands. The tridentate mode of the ligand is realised through the central N atom of the triazene group and two N atoms of the two tetrazole rings. The [Ni(BMTT)₂] mol­ecule is the meridional isomer, with crystallographic symmetry in space group P4₂/n. The nickel centre has a distorted octahedral environment, with two axial Ni—N bonds of 2.041 (2) Å and four equatorial Ni—N bonds of 2.0739 (14) Å. The mol­ecules are linked together by van der Waals interactions only.