STRUCTURE OF TRIAQUA[1,2-BENZENEDICARBOXYLATO(2-)](2,2'-BIPYRIDINE)NICKEL(II) MONOHYDRATE

[Ni(C8H4O4)(C10H8N2)(H2O)3].H2O, M(r) = 451.06, orthorhombic, P2(1)2(1)2(1), a = 24.487 (13), b = 22.043 (8), c = 7.510 (2) angstrom, V = 4054 (3) angstrom3, Z = 8, D(x) = 1.478 g cm-3, lambda(Mo K-alpha) = 0.71069 angstrom, mu = 10.0 cm-1, F(000) = 1872, room temperature, R = 0.058 for 3987 independent reflections having I > 2-sigma(I). In the asymmetric part of the unit cell there are two discrete units nearly related by a center of symmetry. Both Ni atoms are in a distorted octahedral environment. The 1,2-benzenetetracarboxylate(2-) anions act as monodentate ligands.