“…The nickel(II) complexes with N donor ligands are interest owing to their importance for catalysts [ 9,10 ]. 5,5c-Dimethyl-2,2c-bipyridine (5,5c-dmbipy) is a good bidentate ligand, and numerous complexes have been prepared with it, such as those of iron [ 11 ], platinum [ 12 ], vanadium [ 13 ], lead [ 14 ], mercury [ 15 ], gold [ 16 ], cadmium [ 17 ], zinc [ 18 ], indium [ 19 ], thallium [ 20 ] and rhenium [ 21 ]. We report herein the synthesis, characterization and crystal structure of a new nickel (II) complex with chloride and 5,5c-dimethyl-2,2c-bipyridine.…”