An unexpected but welcome compound 1 obtained through organic synthesis, c an find a lot of applications in electrochemistry, industrial extracting agent f or gold and antiwear additive in lubricating oil. The Ni center in compound 1 ha s an octahedral geometry with a tetramethylammonium cation as a charge balance. CCDC: 252203.
Green single crystal of the title compound was accidentally obtained by the reaction of N,N′-bis(pyridylcarbonyl)-4,4′-diaminodiphenyl ether (L) with nickel perchlorate. In the structure of [Ni( ì3-OH)( ì3-ClO4)(H2O)]n, the local coordinating geometry around Ni center displays a distorted octahedron in which one coordination site of each metal atom was occupied by a water molecule. Each perchlorate anion and hydroxyl group acts as a tridentate bridging spacer to bind three Ni atoms, thus resulting in the formation of two-dimensional layered network. CSD: 414263.
