Bis[2-(1H-benzimidazol-2-yl)acetato-kappa N-2(3),O] bis(ethanol-kappa O) nickel(II)

In the title compound, [Ni(C9H7N2O2)(2)(C2H5OH)(2)], the Ni-II ion is situated on an inversion center and is coordinated by two N and two O atoms from two 2-(1H-benzimidazol- 2-yl) acetate (L) ligands and by two O atoms from two ethanol ligands in a distorted octahedral geometry. In the L ligand, the acetate group deviates significantly from the benzimidazole plane, the C-C-C-O(coordinating) torsion angle being 34.2 (5)degrees. In the crystal, O-H center dot center dot center dot O and N-H center dot center dot center dot O hydrogen bonds link the molecules into a two- dimensional supramolecular network parallel to the bc plane.