Bis(dimethyl­formamide-κO){4,4′,6,6′-tetra­chloro-2,2-[butane-1,4-di­yl(nitrilo­methanylyl­idene)]diphenolato-κ(4) O,N,N′,O′}nickel(II)

In the title Schiff base complex, [Ni(C(18)H(14)Cl(4)N(2)O(2))(C(3)H(7)NO)(2)], the geometry around the Ni(II) atom is distorted octa­hedral. It is coordinated by the N(2)O(2) donor atoms of the tetra­dentate Schiff base ligand and the O atoms of two dimethyl­formamide mol­ecules, which are cis to one another. The benzene rings are almost normal to each other [dihedral angle = 88.60 (14)°]. The various intra­molecular C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds make S(5) and S(6) ring motifs. In the crystal, mol­ecules are linked by pairs of weak C—H⋯Cl inter­actions, forming inversion dimers.