Abstract: 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( μ3-OH)( μ3-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. |