Crystal structure of bis-{S-octyl-3-[(thio-phen-2-yl)methyl-idene]di-thio-carbazato-κ(2)N(3),S}nickel(II).

In the title complex, [Ni(C(14)H(21)N(2)S(3))(2)], the nickel(II) atom is located on a crystallographic inversion center and exhibits a square-planar coordination environment, being coordinated by two negatively charged N,S-chelating ligands in a trans configuration. In the crystal, the non-H atoms of the complex are practically coplanar (r.m.s. deviation of fitted atoms = 0.135†à ), and the angle between the thienyl and the chelating rings is 6.7†(1)°. The mol-ecules stack at a distance of 3.623†(2)†à along the b-axis direction.