A Second Triclinic Polymorph of Bis[1,2-bis(n-butylthio)ethylene-1,2-dithiolato-S,S']nickel

The title compound, [Ni(C₁₀H₁₈S₄)₂], contains discrete centrosymmetric molecules and is a polymorph of a previously reported structure [Charlton, Hill, Underhill, Malik, Hursthouse, Karaulov & Møller, (1994), J. Mater Chem. 4, 1861-1866]. Unlike this earlier form, the title molecule, including the alkyl chains, is essentially planar, and contains no short S...S intermolecular contacts.

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