Tris(1,2-diamino­ethane)­nickel(II) hexa­fluoridosilicate

The ionic title complex, [Ni(C(2)H(8)N(2))(3)](SiF(6)), is built up of [Ni(en)(3)](2+) complex cations (en = 1,2-diamino­ethane) and hexa­fluoridosilicate anions. Single crystals of the title complex were isolated from an aqueous–ethano­lic Ni(2+)–en–SiF(6) (2−) system. The Ni(II) and Si atoms are each located on a special position with site symmetry 3.2. The Ni(II) atom coordination sphere is octa­hedrally deformed, being coordinated by three chelating diamine ligands with an Ni—N distance of 2.1233 (18) Å. The crystal packing of the respective ions corresponds to the structure type of the hexa­gonal form of BN. Beside ionic forces, the packing is governed by N—H⋯F hydrogen bonds, which lead to the formation of hydro­phobic channels running along the 6(3) screw axis. The structure was refined as an inversion twin [0.49 (3): 0.51 (3)].