%0 Journal Article %T Bis(dimethylformamide-κO){4,4′,6,6′-tetrachloro-2,2-[butane-1,4-diyl(nitrilomethanylylidene)]diphenolato-κ4O,N,N′,O′}nickel(II) %A Hadi Kargar %A Reza Kia %A Amir Adabi Ardakani %A Muhammad Nawaz Tahir %J Acta Crystallographica Section E %D 2012 %I International Union of Crystallography %R 10.1107/s1600536812028681 %X In the title Schiff base complex, [Ni(C18H14Cl4N2O2)(C3H7NO)2], the geometry around the NiII atom is distorted octahedral. It is coordinated by the N2O2 donor atoms of the tetradentate Schiff base ligand and the O atoms of two dimethylformamide molecules, which are cis to one another. The benzene rings are almost normal to each other [dihedral angle = 88.60 (14)¡ã]. The various intramolecular C¡ªH...O hydrogen bonds make S(5) and S(6) ring motifs. In the crystal, molecules are linked by pairs of weak C¡ªH...Cl interactions, forming inversion dimers. %U http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536812028681