Bis{S-benzyl 3-[(6-methyl-pyridin-2-yl)methyl-idene]dithio-carbazato}nickel(II).

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, [Ni(C(15)H(14)N(3)S(2))(2)], consists of two independent mol-ecules with similar configurations. Each Ni(2+) cation is coordinated in a cis-mode by two tridentate N,N',S-chelating Schiff base ligands, creating a distorted octa-hedron [the smallest angle being 77.57†(7)° and the widest being 168.97†(7)° for one mol-ecule, and 78.04†(7) and 167.55†(7)° for the second mol-ecule]. The dihedral angle between the mean coordination planes of the two ligands is 86.76†(7)° for one and 89.99†(7)° for the second mol-ecule. π-π inter-actions between neighbouring pyridine rings with plane-to-plane distances of 3.540†(1) and 3.704†(1)†à are observed.