title: A new Schiff base nickel(II) complex: {5,5'-dihydr-oxy-2,2'-[o-phenyl-enebis(nitrilo-methyl-idyne)]diphenolato}nickel(II) methanol disolvate.
abstract: The monomeric title nickel(II) complex of a salicylaldimine, [Ni(C(20)H(14)N(2)O(4))]·2CH(3)OH, was obtained by the reaction of 2,4-dihydroxy-benzaldehyde and 1,2-phenyl-enediamine with nickel(II) acetate. The Ni(II) atom is coordinated by two N atoms [Ni-N = 1.839 (2) Å] and two O atoms [Ni-O = 1.8253 (19) Å] in an approximately square-planar geometry. In the crystal structure, inter-molecular O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the mol-ecules into a chain along [001].
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Liaocheng University, Shandong 252059, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Meiju
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Niu
authors.forename: Guihua
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Daqi
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jianmin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dou