Synthesis, Crystal Structure and Electrochemistry Properties of a (N,N'-Ethylene-bis（salicylaldiminato）) Nickel（II） Complex, [Ni2（salen）2]·NCS·NH4

A new Ni(II) complex [Ni2(salen)2]·(NCS)·NH4 (salen = N,N’-bis(salicylidenea- mino)ethanato) has been prepared and structurally characterized by elemental analysis, IR spectra and single crystal X-ray diffraction. It crystallizes in the orthorhombic system, space group Pbca with a = 16.8725(13), b = 19.0046(15), c = 20.0583(16) , Z = 8, V = 6431.8(9) 3, C33H32N6Ni2O4S1, Mr = 726.13, Dc = 1.500 g/cm3, F(000) = 3008, μ = 1.284 mm-1, the final R = 0.0394 and wR = 0.0767 for 4449 observed reflections with I > 2σ(I). The complex involves a N,N’-ethylene-bis(salicylaldiminato) Schiff base, an isothiocyanato anion and an ammonium cation. The nickle(II) ion adopts a distorted square coordination geometry with N2O2 set of Schiff base ligand. The complexes are linked into a dimmer via intermolecular hydrogen bonds and the [Ni(salen)] moieties are connected together to form a 2-D layer structure by intermolecular N–H…O hydrogen bonds and π-π stacking. Cyclic-voltammetry method was used to characterize electrochemically the complex.