The binuclear Ni(II) 1-(2-carboxyphenyl)-3-isopropyl-5-(benzimidazole-2-yl)formazanate (Ni
2L
2 · 2H
2O) (I) was synthesized and its crystal and molecule structures were determined by X-ray diffraction. Crystals I are triclinic:
space group
P
$
\bar 1
$
\bar 1
,
a = 7.4811(11),
b = 10.8821(15),
c = 11.4168(13) Å, α = 105.690(11) Å, β = 90.537(11) Å, γ = 93.166(11) Å,
V = 893.2(2) Å
3, ρ(calcd.) = 1.581 g/cm
3,
Z = 1.
Original Russian Text © Z.G. Rezinskikh, P.A. Slepukhin, G.N. Lipunova, I.G. Pervova, I.N. Lipunov, G.I. Sigeikin, 2008, published
in Koordinatsionnaya Khimiya, 2008, Vol. 34, No. 9, pp. 663–668.