Crystal structure of lignocaine hydrochloride – nickel thiocyanate complex

Abstract

Abstract The title compound, Ni0.5S2C16H24O2N4, crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P21/a with a = 15.062(3) Å, b = 7.829(2) Å, c = 18.527(2) Å, β = 110.179(9)°, Z = 4. The structure was solved by SHELXS-86 using 1772 out of 4524 reflections with I > 3σ(I). Full-matrix refinement gave a final residual of Rf = 0.0573. The nickel is in a distorted octahedral coordination and it does not show any hydrogen bonding. The packing of the molecules shows a layered arrangement down b.