Synthesis and structural characterization of two half-sandwich nickel(II) complexes with the scorpionate ligands

The synthesis and characterization of two new halfsandwich mononuclear nickel(II) complexes with the scorpionate ligands, [ k 3 - N , N ', N ''- Tp t -Bu , Me NiI] ( 1 ) and [ k 3 - N , N ', N ''- Tp t -Bu , Me NiNO 3 ] ( 2 ), are reported. These complexes have been fully characterized by elemental analyses and infrared spectra. Their molecular structures were determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction. The nickel(II) ion of complex 1 is in a four-coordinate environment, in which the donor atoms are provided by three nitrogen atoms of a hydrotris(pyrazolyl) borate ligand and one iodide atom, while that of complex 2 is in a five-coordinate environment with three nitrogen atoms from a hydrotris(pyrazolyl)borate ligand and two oxygen atoms from a nitrate ion.