{6,6′-Dieth­oxy-2,2′-[2,2-dimethyl­propane-1,3-diylbis(nitrilo­methyl­idyne)]diphenolato}nickel(II) monohydrate

In the title complex, [Ni(C(23)H(28)N(2)O(4))]·H(2)O, the Ni(II) ion is coordinated by the N(2)O(2) unit of the tetra­dentate Schiff base ligand in a slightly distorted planar geometry. The asymmetric unit of the title compound comprises one complex mol­ecule and a water mol­ecule of crystallization. The H atoms of the water mol­ecule make bifurcated inter­molecular hydrogen bonds with the O atoms of the phenolate and eth­oxy groups with R (1) (2)(5) and R (1) (2)(6) ring motifs, which may, in part, influence the mol­ecular configuration. The dihedral angle between the two benzene rings is 31.43 (5)°. The crystal structure is further stabilized by inter­molecular C—H⋯O and C—H⋯π inter­actions, which link neighbouring mol­ecules into one-dimensional extended chains along the a axis. An inter­esting feature of the crystal structure is the short inter­molecular C⋯C [3.3044 (14) Å] contact which is shorter than the sum of the van der Waals radii.