Synthesis and Crystal Structure of the Hydrated Nickel(II) Complex of Tartrate

Abstract  A new dinuclear hydrated nickel(II) tartrate has been isolated and structurally characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The title compound formulated as Ni₄(C₄H₄O₆)₄(H₂O)₈](EtOH)_0.5(H₂O)_10.25 (C₁₇H_55.5Ni₄O_42.75) crystallizes in monoclinic system, space group P2(1)/c with a = 13.684(5), b = 17.143(6), c = 18.586(6) ?, β = 96.638(6)°, V = 4331(3) ?³, Z = 4. The unit cell contains two crystallographic independent dimeric units of Ni₂(C₄H₄O₆)₂(H₂O)₄] without significant structural difference, half of menthol molecule and ten and a quarter packing water molecules. In each dimeric unit, one (R,R)-tartrato dianion chelates two Ni(II) ions by the use of two hydroxy oxygen and two carboxyl oxygen atoms as donor atoms, and another tartrato dianion chelates the same pair of Ni(II) cations in the same way. Each Ni(II) atom is six-coordinated by six O atoms from two tartrate units and two water molecules. Index Abstract  The crystal structure of complex Ni₄(C₄H₄O₆)₄(H₂O)₈](EtOH)_0.5(H₂O)_10.25 contains two crystallographic independent dimeric units of Ni₂(C₄H₄O₆)₂(H₂O)₄] without significant structural difference. In each dimeric unit, one (R,R)-tartrato dianion chelates two Ni(II) ions by the use of two hydroxy oxygen and two carboxyl oxygen atoms as donor atoms, and another tartrato dianion chelates the same pair of Ni(II) cations in the same way.