%0 Journal Article %T Bis{1-[2-(diphenylphosphanyl)ethyl]-3-ethylimidazol-2-ylidene}nickel(II) diiodide acetonitrile disolvate %A Aziza Ahmida %A Domenica Withake %A Ulrich Flö %A rke %A Hans Egold %J Acta Crystallographica Section E %D 2012 %I International Union of Crystallography %R 10.1107/s1600536812028784 %X The molecular structure of the title compound, [Ni(C19H21N2P)2]I2¡¤2CH3CN, shows two six-membered N-heterocyclic carbene/phosphane chelate rings that form a nearly square-planar coordination geometry around the NiII atom, which lies 0.190 (1) above the C2P2 plane. The sum of the bond angles at the NiII atom is 358.68 (6)¡ã, with C¡ªNi¡ªP bite angles of 82.89 (5) and 84.08 (6)¡ã. The two carbene rings make a dihedral angle of 52.65 (8)¡ã. %U http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536812028784