Penta-aqua-(1H-benzimidazole-5,6-dicarboxyl-ato-κN)nickel(II) penta-hydrate.

In the title mononuclear complex, [Ni(C(9)H(4)N(2)O(4))(H(2)O)(5)]·5H(2)O, the Ni(II) atom is six-coordinated by one N atom from a 1H-benzimidazole-5,6-dicarboxyl-ate ligand and by five O atoms from five water mol-ecules and displays a distorted octa-hedral geometry. Inter-molecular O-H⋯O hydrogen-bonding inter-actions among the coordinated water mol-ecules, solvent water mol-ecules and carboxyl O atoms of the organic ligand and additional N-H⋯O hydrogen bonding lead to the formation of a three-dimensional supra-molecular network.