Tris(1,10-phenanthroline)nickel(II)hexamolybdate

The title compound, [Ni(C8H6N2)(3)][Mo6O19], contains centrosymmetric [Mo6O19](2-) hexamolybdate anions, which are built up from distorted MoO6 units by edge-sharing. The nickel atom in the [Ni(phen)(3)](2+) cation adopts distorted octahedral coordination with three N,N'-bidentate 1,10-phenanthroline ( phen) ligands. The crystal packing is stabilized by some weak π-π stacking interactions between neighboring phen ligands, and some C-H••• O interactions. The Ni atom occupies a special position with twofold symmetry.CrystallographySCI(E)1ARTICLEM813-M8156