Crystal structure of bis-(1,10-phenanthroline-κ(2)N,N')(1,3-thia-zole-2-thiol-ato-κ(2)S(2),N)nickel(II) hexa-fluorido-phosphate 1,4-dioxane sesquisolvate.

The title salt, [Ni(C(3)H(2)NS(2))(C(12)H(8)N(2))(2)]PF(6)·1.5C(4)H(8)O(2), was the unexpected product on making an attempt to prepare an [Ni(2-mercapto-thia-zol-ate)(1,10-phenanthroline)](+) complex by reaction of [NiCl(2)(1,10-phen-an-throline)] with 2-mercapto-thia-zolate. In the resulting complex, the 2-mercapto-thia-zolate anion acts as a chelating ligand, which coordinates to the Ni(II) ion with the thia-zolyl N and thiol-ate S atoms. In the crystal, π-π stacking inter-actions between the coordinating 1,10-phenanthroline mol-ecules of adjacent complexes result in a zigzag chain running parallel to the c axis. Weak C-H⋯X (X = O, F) hydrogen-bonding inter-actions between the chains and 1,4-dioxane solvent mol-ecules and PF(6)(-) counter-anions lead to the formation of sheets parallel to the ac plane.