Crystal structure of bis­{2-[(E)-(4-fluoro­benz­yl)imino­meth­yl]phenolato-κ(2) N,O}nickel(II)

The asymmetric unit of the title complex, [Ni(C(14)H(11)FNO)(2)], contains one-half of the mol­ecule with the Ni(II) cation lying on an inversion centre coordinated by a bidentate Schiff base anion. The cationic Ni(II) center is in a distorted square-planar coordination environment chelated by the imine N and phenolate O donor atoms of the two Schiff base ligands. The N and O donor atoms of the two ligands are mutually trans with Ni—N and Ni—O bond lengths of 1.9242 (10) and 1.8336 (9) Å, respectively. The fluoro­phenyl ring is almost orthogonal to the coordination plane and makes a dihedral angle of 82.98 (7)° with the phenolate ring. In the crystal, mol­ecules are linked into screw chains by weak C—H⋯F hydrogen bonds. Additional C—H⋯π contacts arrange the mol­ecules into sheets parallel to the ac plane.