title: Tetra-kis(1-benzyl-1H-imidazole)dichlorido-nickel(II).
abstract: In the title compound, [NiCl(2)(C(10)H(10)N(2))(4)], the Ni(II) ion is located on an inversion center being coordinated by four N atoms from two pairs of symmetry-related 1-benzyl-1H-imidazole ligands and two chloride anions in a distorted octa-hedral geometry. Weak inter-molecular C-H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds link the mol-ecules into layers parallel to the ab plane.
authors.affiliation: School of Pharmacy, Binzhou Medical College, Yantai 264003, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Hongjuan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jufeng
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Xianping
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Dai