Tris(oxamide dioxime-κ2N,N′)nickel(II) sulfate pentahydrate

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, [Ni(C2H6N4O2)(3)]-SO4 center dot 5H(2)O, contains two complex cations, two sulfate anions and ten lattice water molecules. In both independent cations, the central Ni-II ion adopts a distorted octahedral coordination involving six imino N atoms of three bidentate oxamide dioxime ligands. The bulk structure is achieved by a three-dimensional network of O-H center dot center dot center dot O and N-H center dot center dot center dot O hydrogen bonds which interlink the ionic partners and some water molecules in such a manner that the lattice framework thus formed defines channels parallel to [100]. The other water molecules are lodged inside these channels. Two of the ten water molecules in the asymmetric unit are disordered over three sites, in 0.356 (3):0.324 (5):0.320 (5) and 0.247 (3):0.293 (6):0.460 (6) occupancy ratios, and one O atom of a sulfate ion is also disordered over two sites, with occupancies of 0.621 (5) and 0.379 (5).