title: Bis[2-(1H-benzimidazol-2-yl)acetato-κ(2) N (3),O]bis-(ethanol-κO)nickel(II).
abstract: In the title compound, [Ni(C9H7N2O2)2(C2H5OH)2], the Ni(II) ion is situated on an inversion center and is coordinated by two N and two O atoms from two 2-(1H-benzimidazol-2-yl)acetate (L) ligands and by two O atoms from two ethanol ligands in a distorted octa-hedral geometry. In the L ligand, the acetate group deviates significantly from the benzimidazole plane, the C-C-C-O(coordinating) torsion angle being 34.2 (5)°. In the crystal, O-H⋯O and N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the mol-ecules into a two-dimensional supra-molecular network parallel to the bc plane.
authors.affiliation: Zhongshan Polytechnic, Zhongshan, Guangdong 528404, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jian-Hua
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Nie