{4-Methyl-2-[(2-oxidobenzylidene)amino]phenol-ato(2-)-N,O,O'}(piperidine-N)nickel(II)

In the title compound, [Ni(C₁₄H₁₁NO₂)(C₅H₁₁N)], the coordination of the Ni atom was found to be a slightly distorted square-planar polygon formed by the O,N,O'-donors of the tridentate ligand and the N donor of the monodentate ligand; O-Ni-N 86.6 (2)-95.9 (3)°, Ni-O 1.810 (5) and 1.833 (4), and Ni-N 1.862 (6) and 1.933 (7) Å. The diamagnetic properties of the complex, determined by the Gouy method, are in agreement with the planar coordination.

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