organic compounds
The title compound, C8H9N3OS, crystallizes in a triclinic unit cell, with two crystallographically independent molecules in the asymmetric unit. It has a two-dimensional layer structure with intermolecular hydrogen bonding.
metal-organic compounds
In the title complex, diaquabis(2-amino-3-methylbutyrato-κ2N,O)nickel(II), [Ni(C5H10NO2)2(H2O)2], the NiII atom (site symmetry 2) is octahedrally coordinated by two N,O-bidenate valinate ions and two water molecules. A network of intermolecular hydrogen bonds links the complex molecules into a two-dimensional network.