Comprehensive Exploration of Optics and Magnetism in a Hydrothermally Synthesized Nickel(II) Complex.

The hydrothermal reaction of 2-MeIm (2-MeIm: 2-methylimidazole) with nickel sulfate hexahydrate in methanol afforded a mononuclear complex formulated as [Ni(SO)(2-MeIm)(HO)]·CHOH (1). The title compound was described by X-ray single-crystal diffraction, thermal assessment, IR, and UV-vis spectroscopy. The crystal structure of is composed of segregated [Ni(SO)(2-MeIm)(HO)] neutral entities and a solvent methanol molecule.